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MS Code § 41-29-143 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances|Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law|§ 41-29-143. Prohibited acts C; penalties

 It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally:    To distribute as a registrant a controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II, as set out in Sections 41-29-113 and 41-29-115, except pursuant to an order form as required by Section 41-29-135;   To use in the course of the manufacture or distribution of a controlled substance a registration number which is fictitious, revoked, suspended, or issued to another person.   To furnish false or fraudulent material information in, or omit any material information from, any application, report, or other document required to be kept or filed under this article, or any record required to be kept by this article; or   To make, distribute, or possess any punch, die, plate, stone, or other thing designed to print, imprint, or reproduce the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint or device of another or any likeness of any of the foregoing upon any drug or container or labeling thereof so as to render the drug a counterfeit substance.  Any person who violates this section is guilty of a crime and upon conviction may be confined for not more than one (1) year or fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or both.
MS Code § 41-29-144 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances|Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law|§ 41-29-144. Acquiring or obtaining possession of controlled substance, legend drug or prescription by misrepresentation, fraud and the like; penalty

  It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to acquire or obtain possession or attempt to acquire or obtain possession of a controlled substance or a legend drug by larceny, embezzlement, misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception or subterfuge.   It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to possess, sell, deliver, transfer or attempt to possess, sell, deliver or transfer a false, fraudulent or forged prescription of a practitioner.   Any person who violates this section is guilty of a crime and upon conviction shall be confined for not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years and fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
MS Code § 41-29-145 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances|Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law|§ 41-29-145. Distribution to persons under age twenty-one

 Any person twenty-one (21) years of age or over who violates subsections (a) and (b) of Section 41-29-139 with reference to a controlled substance listed in Schedules I, II, III, IV and V as set out in Sections 41-29-113 through 41-29-121, inclusive, to a person under twenty-one (21) years of age may be punished by the fine authorized by Section 41-29-139, or by a term of imprisonment or confinement up to twice that authorized by said Section 41-29-139, or both, or he may be punished as provided in Section 41-29-142.
MS Code § 41-29-146 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances|Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law|§ 41-29-146. False representation of prescription or legend drug; penalty

  It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, produce, manufacture or possess with the intent to sell, produce, manufacture, distribute or dispense any substance which is falsely represented to be a prescription or legend drug or a controlled substance.   The provisions of this section shall not apply to a law enforcement officer acting in the course and scope of his employment or to a medical practitioner, pharmacist or other person authorized to dispense or administer controlled substances.   Any person who violates this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony and may be punished by confinement in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than five (5) years or by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
MS Code § 41-29-147 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances|Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law|§ 41-29-147. Second and subsequent offenses

 Except as otherwise provided in Section 41-29-142, any person convicted of a second or subsequent offense under this article may be imprisoned for a term up to twice the term otherwise authorized, fined an amount up to twice that otherwise authorized, or both.   For purposes of this section, an offense is considered a second or subsequent offense, if, prior to his conviction of the offense, the offender has at any time been convicted under this article or under any statute of the United States or of any state relating to narcotic drugs, marihuana, depressant, stimulant or hallucinogenic drugs.
MS Code § 41-29-148 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances|Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law|§ 41-29-148. Burden of proof of exemptions and exceptions; presumption as to holding of registration or order form

  It is not necessary for the state to negate any exemption in this article in any complaint, indictment or other pleading or in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding under said article. The burden of proof of any exemption or exception is upon the person claiming it.   In the absence of proof that a person is the duly authorized holder of an appropriate registration or order form issued under this article, he is presumed not to be the holder of the registration or form. The burden of proof is upon him to rebut the presumption.
MS Code § 41-29-149 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances|Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law|§ 41-29-149. Suspended sentences; eligibility for parole; resentencing

 Regardless of the penalties provided heretofore for the violation of any section or portion of this article, the judge of the court of jurisdiction of any defendant may, in his discretion, suspend such penalty, penalties, or portions thereof, for any person charged with a first offense.   A person convicted under this article or under any prior law superseded by this article for a violation of the law regarding controlled substances shall be eligible for parole just as in any other criminal conviction as provided by Section 47-7-3.   Any person who was convicted and/or who is still serving a sentence in the Mississippi State Penitentiary for a first offense under any prior law superseded by this article, may petition the court of original jurisdiction for resentencing under the provisions of this article.   Any person previously indicted under a prior law for violation of any law regarding controlled substances but not yet sentenced shall be sentenced under the provisions of this article provided that the sentence imposed is not greater than that provided under said prior law.   For the purposes of the sentencing provisions of this article, a first offense shall be deemed to be and include any offense, offenses, act or acts prohibited by said law, or any prior law superseded by said law, committed prior to a first indictment under said law or under prior law superseded by said law.
MS Code § 41-29-151 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances|Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law|§ 41-29-151. Penalties to be additional; barring of prosecutions

 Any penalty imposed for violation of this article is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any civil or administrative penalty or sanction otherwise authorized by law.   If a violation of this article is a violation of a federal law or the law of another state, a conviction or acquittal under federal law or the law of another state for the same act is a bar to prosecution in this state.
MS Code § 41-29-152 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances|Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law|§ 41-29-152. Enhancement of penalty for violations of Uniform Controlled Substances Law while in possession of firearm; "firearm" defined

  Any person who violates Section 41-29-313 or who violates Section 41-29-139 with reference to a controlled substance listed in Schedule I, II, III, IV or V as set out in Sections 41-29-113 through 41-29-121, Mississippi Code of 1972, inclusive, and has in his possession any firearm, either at the time of the commission of the offense or at the time any arrest is made, may be punished by a fine up to twice that authorized by Section 41-29-139 or 41-29-313, or by a term of imprisonment or confinement up to twice that authorized by Section 41-29-139 or 41-29-313, or both.   "Firearm" means any weapon, including a starter gun, which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive.
MS Code § 41-29-154 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances|Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law|§ 41-29-154. Disposition of seized controlled substances and paraphernalia

 Any controlled substance or paraphernalia seized under the authority of this article or any other law of Mississippi or of the United States, shall be destroyed, adulterated and disposed of or otherwise rendered harmless and disposed of, upon written authorization of the director, after such substance or paraphernalia has served its usefulness as evidence or after such substance or paraphernalia is no longer useful for training or demonstration purposes.   A record of the disposition of such substances and paraphernalia and the method of destruction or adulteration employed along with the names of witnesses to such destruction or adulteration shall be retained by the director.   No substance or paraphernalia shall be disposed of, destroyed or rendered harmless under the authority of this section without an order from the director and without at least two (2) officers or agents of the bureau present as witnesses.
MS Code § 41-29-155 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances|Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law|§ 41-29-155. Injunctions

 The trial courts of this state shall have jurisdiction to restrain or enjoin violations of this article.   The defendant may demand trial by jury for an alleged violation of an injunction or restraining order under this section.
MS Code § 41-29-160 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances|Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law|§ 41-29-160. Payments to informers; disposition of moneys expended for purchase of controlled substances

 The director is authorized to pay any person such sum or sums of money as he may deem appropriate for information concerning a violation of this article from funds appropriated for the bureau of narcotics.   Moneys expended from the funds of the bureau for the purchase of controlled substances, and subsequently recovered shall be returned to the account from which they were originally drawn for such purpose. Detailed records and accounts of the use and disposition of such funds shall be kept by the director.
MS Code § 41-29-161 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances|Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law|§ 41-29-161. Bonds of bureau officers and employees

 Any officer or employee of the Mississippi Bureau of Drug Enforcement who is authorized to investigate, carry firearms, serve search warrants, and do all things as set forth in this article shall prior to entering upon the discharge of his duties enter into a good and sufficient surety bond in the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) with a surety company authorized and doing business within the State of Mississippi. The said bond herein is conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of his office. All premiums shall be paid as are other expenses of the bureau.
MS Code § 41-29-163 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances|Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law|§ 41-29-163. Judicial review of final determinations, findings and conclusions

 All final determinations, findings and conclusions of the board, the bureau or the State Board of Pharmacy under this article are final and conclusive decisions of the matters involved. Except as otherwise provided by Section 41-29-176, any person aggrieved by the decision may obtain review of the decision in the chancery court.
MS Code § 41-29-165 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances|Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law|§ 41-29-165. Judicial review of convictions and orders

 Any person being aggrieved by any conviction or order of any board or commission authorized under this article shall have a right to appeal from said order or conviction to the circuit court of the county of the residence of the defendant or of the county where the offense was committed. Said appeal shall be tried de novo. Appeals taken under this article shall be perfected as all other appeals to the circuit court.
MS Code § 41-29-167 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances|Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law|§ 41-29-167. Cooperative arrangements

 The State Board of Medical Licensure, the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, the State Board of Pharmacy, the State Board of Dental Examiners, the Mississippi Board of Nursing and the State Board of Optometry shall cooperate with federal and other state agencies in discharging their responsibilities concerning traffic in controlled substances and in suppressing the abuse of controlled substances. To this end, they may:    Arrange for the exchange of information among governmental officials concerning the use and abuse of controlled substances;   Coordinate and cooperate in training programs concerning controlled substance law enforcement at local and state levels;   Cooperate with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration by establishing a centralized unit to accept, catalogue, file and collect statistics, including records of drug dependent persons and other controlled substance law offenders within the state, and make the information available for federal, state and local law enforcement purposes; and   Conduct programs of eradication aimed at destroying wild or illicit growth of plant species from which controlled substances may be extracted.    Results, information and evidence received from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration relating to the regulatory functions of this article, including results of inspections conducted by it may be relied and acted upon by the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, the State Board of Pharmacy, the State Board of Medical Licensure, the State Board of Dental Examiners, the Mississippi Board of Nursing and the State Board of Optometry in the exercise of their regulatory functions under this article.
MS Code § 41-29-168 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances|Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law|§ 41-29-168. Required reports

  Every sheriff, chief of police or constable or other peace officer in this state and the identification bureau of the highway safety patrol is hereby required to report to the bureau all arrests, incidences and information involving or connected with controlled substances.   The owner, manager, practitioner, or any other person having possession or custody of controlled substances or of premises on which controlled substances are stored or located, whether or not such person is a registrant under Section 41-29-125, is hereby required to report to the bureau any theft, burglary, robbery or attempted theft, burglary or robbery of such premises or substance, or the mysterious disappearance of any controlled substance within forty-eight (48) hours of the discovery of such occurrence or disappearance.   The director shall promulgate appropriate procedures and shall supply forms to facilitate the reports as required by subsections (1) and (2) of this section.   It shall be unlawful for any person required to submit reports under subsection (2) of this section to omit to do so or to knowingly submit a false or incorrect report, in whole or in part, and upon conviction such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and may be confined for not more than thirty (30) days.
MS Code § 41-29-169 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances|Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law|§ 41-29-169. Drug abuse education programs

 The Mississippi Bureau of Drug Enforcement and state board of education shall carry out educational programs designed to prevent and deter misuse and abuse of controlled substances. In connection with these programs they may:    Promote better recognition of the problems of misuse and abuse of controlled substances within the regulated industry and among interested groups and organizations;   Assist the regulated industry and interested groups and organizations in contributing to the reduction of misuse and abuse of controlled substances;   Consult with interested groups and organizations to aid them in solving administrative and organizational problems;   Evaluate procedures, projects, techniques, and controls conducted or proposed as part of educational programs on misuse and abuse of controlled substances;   Disseminate the results of research on misuse and abuse of controlled substances to promote a better public understanding of what problems exist and what can be done to combat them; and   Assist in the education and training of state and local law enforcement officials in their efforts to control misuse and abuse of controlled substances.
MS Code § 41-29-171 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances|Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law|§ 41-29-171. Research programs on misuse and abuse of controlled substances

 The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, the State Board of Pharmacy, the State Board of Medical Licensure, the State Board of Dental Examiners, the Mississippi Board of Nursing and the State Board of Optometry shall encourage research on misuse and abuse of controlled substances. In connection with the research, and in furtherance of the enforcement of this article they may:    Establish methods to assess accurately the effects of controlled substances and identify and characterize those with potential for abuse;   Make studies and undertake programs of research to:   Enter into contracts with public agencies, institutions of higher education, and private organizations or individuals for the purpose of conducting research, demonstrations, or special projects which bear directly on misuse and abuse of controlled substances.    Develop new or improved approaches, techniques, systems, equipment and devices to strengthen the enforcement of this article;   Determine patterns of misuse and abuse of controlled substances and the social effects thereof; and   Improve methods for preventing, predicting, understanding and dealing with the misuse and abuse of controlled substances;   The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics and the State Board of Education may enter into contracts for educational and research activities without performance bonds.   The board may authorize the possession and distribution of controlled substances by persons engaged in research. Persons who obtain this authorization are exempt from state prosecution for possession and distribution of controlled substances to the extent of the authorization.
MS Code § 41-29-173 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances|Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law|§ 41-29-173. Effect of Uniform Controlled Substances Law on pending proceedings

 Prosecutions for any violations under prior laws shall not be affected or abated by the provisions of this article. The penalty for any such violations shall be prescribed in accordance with subsection (d) of Section 41-29-149.   Civil seizures or forfeitures and injunctive proceedings commenced prior to May 19, 1972, are not affected by this article.   All administrative proceedings pending under prior laws which are superseded by this article shall be continued and brought to a final determination in accord with the laws and rules in effect prior to May 19, 1972. Any substance controlled under prior law which is not listed within Schedules I through V, being Sections 41-29-113 through 41-29-121, is automatically controlled without further proceedings and shall be listed in the appropriate schedule.   The state board of pharmacy and state board of medical licensure shall initially permit persons to register who own or operate any establishment engaged in the manufacture, distribution or dispensing of any controlled substance prior to May 19, 1972, and who are registered or licensed by the state.   This article applies to violations of law, seizures and forfeiture, injunctive proceedings, administrative proceedings and investigations which occur following May 19, 1972.
MS Code § 41-29-175 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances|Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law|§ 41-29-175. Continuation of regulations

 Any orders and rules promulgated under any law affected by this article and in effect on April 16, 1971, and not in conflict with the provisions of this article shall continue in effect until modified, superseded or repealed.
MS Code § 41-29-176.1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances|Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law|§ 41-29-176.1. Prosecution of cases involving seized property

 The seizing law enforcement agency shall within thirty (30) days of a seizure, request either the district attorney of the county in which property is seized or the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics to prosecute any cases involving seized property. No one other than the district attorney of the county in which the seizure occurred or an attorney from the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics shall have authority to prosecute the forfeiture of the seized property. If the district attorney and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics decline to prosecute the forfeiture of the seized property, the seizing law enforcement agency shall notify the person from whom the property was seized that the property will not be forfeited, within thirty (30) days of receiving the notice not to prosecute, and shall provide written instructions advising the person how to retrieve the seized property.
MS Code § 41-29-183 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances|Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law|§ 41-29-183. Procedure for disposition of seized property; exclusiveness of remedy

 Except as otherwise provided in Section 41-29-107.1, the forfeiture procedure set forth in Sections 41-29-177 through 41-29-181 is the sole remedy of any claimant, and no court shall have jurisdiction to interfere therewith by replevin, injunction, supersedeas or in any other manner.