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MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  5-614 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 5 - Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances|Subtitle 6 - Crimes Involving Controlled Dangerous Substances and Paraphernalia|Part II - Primary Offenders|Section 5-614 - Importer of Certain Controlled Dangerous Substances

    (a)    (1)    Unless authorized by law to possess the substance, a person may not bring into the State:            (i)    45 kilograms or more of marijuana;            (ii)    28 grams or more of cocaine;            (iii)    any mixture containing 28 grams or more of cocaine;            (iv)    4 grams or more of morphine or opium or any derivative, salt, isomer, or salt of an isomer of morphine or opium;            (v)    1,000 dosage units of lysergic acid diethylamide;            (vi)    any mixture containing the equivalent of 1,000 dosage units of lysergic acid diethylamide;            (vii)    28 grams or more of phencyclidine in liquid or powder form;            (viii)    112 grams or more of any mixture containing phencyclidine;            (ix)    1,000 dosage units or more of methaqualone;            (x)    28 grams or more of methamphetamine;            (xi)    any mixture containing 28 grams or more of methamphetamine; or            (xii)    4 grams or more of fentanyl or a fentanyl analogue.        (2)    A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 25 years or a fine not exceeding $50,000 or both.    (b)    (1)    Unless authorized by law to possess the marijuana, a person may not bring into the State more than 5 kilograms but less than 45 kilograms of marijuana.        (2)    A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  5-617 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 5 - Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances|Subtitle 6 - Crimes Involving Controlled Dangerous Substances and Paraphernalia|Part III - Related and Derivative Crimes|Section 5-617 - Distributing Faked Controlled Dangerous Substance

    (a)    A person may not distribute, attempt to distribute, or possess with intent to distribute a noncontrolled substance:        (1)    that the person represents as a controlled dangerous substance;        (2)    that the person intends for use or distribution as a controlled dangerous substance; or        (3)    under circumstances where one reasonably should know that the noncontrolled substance will be used or distributed for use as a controlled dangerous substance.    (b)    To determine if a person has violated this section, the court or other authority shall include in its consideration:        (1)    whether the noncontrolled substance was packaged in a manner normally used to distribute a controlled dangerous substance illegally;        (2)    whether the distribution or attempted distribution included an exchange of or demand for money or other property as consideration, and whether the amount of consideration was substantially greater than the reasonable value of the noncontrolled substance; and        (3)    whether the physical appearance of the noncontrolled substance is substantially identical to that of a controlled dangerous substance.    (c)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $15,000 or both.    (d)    It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that the defendant believed that the noncontrolled substance was a controlled dangerous substance.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  5-618 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 5 - Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances|Subtitle 6 - Crimes Involving Controlled Dangerous Substances and Paraphernalia|Part III - Related and Derivative Crimes|Section 5-618 - Possession or Purchase of Noncontrolled Substance

    (a)    Except as authorized in this title, a person may not possess or purchase a noncontrolled substance that the person reasonably believes is a controlled dangerous substance.    (b)    To determine if a person has violated this section, the court shall include in its consideration:        (1)    whether the noncontrolled substance was packaged in a manner normally used to illegally distribute a controlled dangerous substance;        (2)    if the noncontrolled substance was purchased, whether the amount of the consideration was substantially greater than the reasonable value of the noncontrolled substance; and        (3)    whether the physical appearance of the noncontrolled substance is substantially identical to that of a controlled dangerous substance.    (c)    It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that the substance a person possessed or purchased was not a controlled dangerous substance if the person reasonably believed that it was a controlled dangerous substance.    (d)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  5-620 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 5 - Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances|Subtitle 6 - Crimes Involving Controlled Dangerous Substances and Paraphernalia|Part III - Related and Derivative Crimes|Section 5-620 - Controlled Paraphernalia

    (a)    Unless authorized under this title, a person may not:        (1)    obtain or attempt to obtain controlled paraphernalia by:            (i)    fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge;            (ii)    counterfeiting a prescription or a written order;            (iii)    concealing a material fact or the use of a false name or address;            (iv)    falsely assuming the title of or representing to be a manufacturer, distributor, or authorized provider; or            (v)    making or issuing a false or counterfeit prescription or written order; or        (2)    possess or distribute controlled paraphernalia under circumstances which reasonably indicate an intention to use the controlled paraphernalia for purposes of illegally administering a controlled dangerous substance.    (b)    Evidence of circumstances that reasonably indicate an intent to use controlled paraphernalia to manufacture, administer, distribute, or dispense a controlled dangerous substance unlawfully include the close proximity of the controlled paraphernalia to an adulterant, diluent, or equipment commonly used to illegally manufacture, administer, distribute, or dispense controlled dangerous substances, including:        (1)    a scale;        (2)    a sieve;        (3)    a strainer;        (4)    a measuring spoon;        (5)    staples;        (6)    a stapler;        (7)    a glassine envelope;        (8)    a gelatin capsule;        (9)    procaine hydrochloride;        (10)    mannitol;        (11)    lactose;        (12)    quinine; and        (13)    a controlled dangerous substance.    (c)    Information that is communicated to a physician to obtain controlled paraphernalia from the physician in violation of this subtitle is not a privileged communication.    (d)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 4 years or a fine not exceeding $25,000 or both.        (2)    A person who violates this section involving the use or possession of marijuana is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  5-622 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 5 - Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances|Subtitle 6 - Crimes Involving Controlled Dangerous Substances and Paraphernalia|Part III - Related and Derivative Crimes|Section 5-622 - Firearm Crimes

    (a)    In this section, “firearm” includes:        (1)    a handgun, antique firearm, rifle, shotgun, short-barreled shotgun, and short-barreled rifle, as those words are defined in § 4-201 of this article;        (2)    a machine gun, as defined in § 4-401 of this article; and        (3)    a regulated firearm, as defined in § 5-101 of the Public Safety Article.    (b)    A person may not possess, own, carry, or transport a firearm if that person has been convicted of:        (1)    a felony under this title;        (2)    a crime under the laws of another state or of the United States that would be a felony under this title if committed in this State;        (3)    conspiracy to commit a crime referred to in items (1) and (2) of this subsection; or        (4)    an attempt to commit a crime referred to in items (1) and (2) of this subsection.    (c)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  5-624 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 5 - Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances|Subtitle 6 - Crimes Involving Controlled Dangerous Substances and Paraphernalia|Part III - Related and Derivative Crimes|Section 5-624 - Drug-Induced Conduct

    (a)    In this section, “drug” does not include alcohol.    (b)    A person may not administer a controlled dangerous substance or other drug to another without that person’s knowledge and commit against that other:        (1)    a crime of violence as defined in § 14-101 of this article; or        (2)    a sexual offense in the third degree under § 3-307 of this article.    (c)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $2,500 or both.    (d)    A sentence imposed under this section may be separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence for any crime based on the act or acts establishing the violation of this section.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  5-628 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 5 - Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances|Subtitle 6 - Crimes Involving Controlled Dangerous Substances and Paraphernalia|Part IV - Miscellaneous Crimes|Section 5-628 - Use of Minor

    (a)    (1)    (i)    Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, a person may not hire, solicit, engage, or use a minor to manufacture, deliver, or distribute on behalf of that person a controlled dangerous substance in sufficient quantity to reasonably indicate under all the circumstances an intent to distribute the controlled dangerous substance.            (ii)    This paragraph does not prohibit a person from hiring, soliciting, engaging, or using a minor to manufacture, deliver, or distribute a controlled dangerous substance if the manufacturing, delivering, or distributing has a lawful purpose.        (2)    A person may not transport, carry, or otherwise bring a minor into the State to use the minor to violate this section or § 5-602, § 5-603, § 5-604, § 5-605, § 5-606, § 5-612, § 5-613, § 5-617, or § 5-627 of this subtitle.    (b)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 20 years or a fine not exceeding $20,000 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  5-701 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 5 - Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances|Subtitle 7 - Prescription Drugs and Other Substances|Part I - Prescription Drugs|Section 5-701 - Dispensing Prescription Drug

    (a)    Sections 5–701 through 5–704 of this subtitle apply to:        (1)    the sale of prescription drugs by a manufacturer, wholesale distributor, retail pharmacist, or jobber to a person not legally qualified or authorized to purchase and hold prescription drugs for use or resale; and        (2)    an authorized provider’s assistant who is not licensed to administer prescription drugs.    (b)    A person may not dispense a prescription drug except:        (1)    on an authorized provider’s:            (i)    electronic prescription;            (ii)    written prescription; or            (iii)    oral prescription that the pharmacist reduces to writing and files; or        (2)    by refilling a written prescription, an electronic prescription, or an oral prescription that is authorized:            (i)    by the authorized provider in the original prescription; or            (ii)    by oral direction that the pharmacist reduces to writing and files.    (c)    A person may not dispense a prescription drug by filling or refilling a written prescription, an electronic prescription, or an oral prescription of an authorized provider unless the drug bears a label that, in addition to any requirements of the Department or federal law, contains:        (1)    the name and address of the dispenser;        (2)    the serial number and date of the prescription;        (3)    the name of the authorized provider; and        (4)    if stated in the prescription, the name and address of the patient and the directions for use.    (d)    Except as otherwise provided under this title, a person may not:        (1)    manufacture, distribute, or possess with intent to distribute a prescription drug;        (2)    affix a false or counterfeit label to a package, container, or other receptacle containing a prescription drug;        (3)    omit, remove, alter, or obliterate a label or symbol that is required by federal, State, or local law on a prescription drug; or        (4)    obtain or attempt to obtain a prescription drug by:            (i)    fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation;            (ii)    the counterfeiting or altering of a prescription or written order;            (iii)    concealing a material fact;            (iv)    using a false name or address;            (v)    falsely assuming the title of or falsely representing that the person is a manufacturer, distributor, or authorized provider; or            (vi)    making or issuing a false or counterfeit prescription or written order.    (e)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  5-702 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 5 - Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances|Subtitle 7 - Prescription Drugs and Other Substances|Part I - Prescription Drugs|Section 5-702 - Sale of Drug Different From That Ordered

    (a)    (1)    This subsection applies to a person engaged in the business of selling prescription drugs, controlled dangerous substances, medicines, chemicals, or preparations for medical use or of compounding or dispensing these in accordance with physicians’ prescriptions.        (2)    A person subject to this subsection may not knowingly sell or deliver to another a drug, medicine, chemical, or preparation for medicinal use that is recognized or authorized by the latest edition of the United States Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary or prepared according to the private formula of another that is:            (i)    other or different from the prescription drug, controlled dangerous substance, medicine, chemical, or preparation that is ordered or called for by the person; or            (ii)    except as authorized under § 12-504 of the Health Occupations Article, called for in a prescription of a physician or other authorized provider.    (b)    Subsection (a) of this section applies to a person acting on the person’s own behalf or as an agent or employee of some other person.    (c)    (1)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment of not less than 1 month and not exceeding 1 year or a fine of not less than $100 and not exceeding $500 or both.        (2)    If a person convicted under this section holds a license under Title 12 of the Health Occupations Article, the license shall be revoked in accordance with § 12-313(c) of the Health Occupations Article.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  5-703 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 5 - Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances|Subtitle 7 - Prescription Drugs and Other Substances|Part I - Prescription Drugs|Section 5-703 - Unsolicited Mailing

    (a)    This section does not apply to the mailing of a drug to a person who under State law is authorized to disburse, prescribe, or administer the drug.    (b)    A person may not send by mail a prescription drug, controlled dangerous substance, or medicine to “Resident”, “Occupant”, or to a named addressee who has not requested that the prescription drug, controlled dangerous substance, or medicine be mailed.    (c)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  5-704 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 5 - Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances|Subtitle 7 - Prescription Drugs and Other Substances|Part I - Prescription Drugs|Section 5-704 - Regulations

    The Department may adopt regulations to administer and enforce §§ 5-701 through 5-703 of this subtitle.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  5-705 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 5 - Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances|Subtitle 7 - Prescription Drugs and Other Substances|Part I - Prescription Drugs|Section 5-705 - Evidence of Counterfeiting

    (a)    Subject to subsection (c) of this section, in a criminal case involving counterfeiting of a prescription under this title, an affidavit by an authorized provider may be introduced as evidence that:        (1)    the signature on a prescription of the authorized provider has been counterfeited;        (2)    the individual named on the prescription was not a patient of the authorized provider; or        (3)    the individual named on the prescription did not have a prescription from the authorized provider for the named prescription drug or controlled dangerous substance or did not have a prescription for that quantity of the prescription drug or controlled dangerous substance.    (b)    The affidavit shall:        (1)    be attached to a copy of the prescription;        (2)    be given under oath subject to the penalty of perjury;        (3)    declare that the prescription is counterfeit or altered;        (4)    describe in detail the parts of the prescription that have been counterfeited; and        (5)    state whether a patient relationship exists between the individual named on the prescription and the authorized provider.    (c)    (1)    At least 10 days before a proceeding in which the State intends to introduce into evidence an affidavit as provided under subsection (b) of this section, the State shall provide written notice to the defendant that the State intends to:            (i)    rely on the affidavit; and            (ii)    introduce the affidavit into evidence at the proceeding.        (2)    On written demand of a defendant filed at least 5 days before the proceeding described in subsection (a) of this section, the State shall require the presence of the affiant as a prosecution witness.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  5-708 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 5 - Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances|Subtitle 7 - Prescription Drugs and Other Substances|Part II - Other Substances|Section 5-708 - Inhalant

    (a)    (1)    This section applies to fingernail polish, model airplane glue, or any other substance that causes intoxication, inebriation, excitement, stupefaction, or dulling of the brain or nervous system when smelled or inhaled.        (2)    This section does not apply to:            (i)    the inhalation of anaesthesia for medical or dental purposes; or            (ii)    controlled dangerous substances.    (b)    (1)    A person may not deliberately smell or inhale a substance listed in paragraph (2) of this subsection in an amount that causes intoxication, excitement, stupefaction, or dulling of the brain or nervous system.        (2)    This section applies to a drug or any other noxious substance or chemical that contains:            (i)    an aldehyde;            (ii)    butane;            (iii)    butyl nitrite;            (iv)    a chlorinated hydrocarbon;            (v)    ether;            (vi)    a fluorinated hydrocarbon;            (vii)    a ketone;            (viii)    methyl benzene;            (ix)    nitrous oxide;            (x)    an organic acetate; or            (xi)    another substance containing solvents releasing toxic vapors.    (c)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  5-709 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 5 - Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances|Subtitle 7 - Prescription Drugs and Other Substances|Part II - Other Substances|Section 5-709 - Distribution of Inhalant and Instruction on Inhaling

    (a)    In this section, “distribute” includes actual, constructive, or attempted transfer, exchange, or delivery, regardless of remuneration or agency relationship.    (b)    A person may not distribute or possess with intent to distribute to another a substance listed in § 5-708 of this subtitle:        (1)    with the intent to induce unlawful inhaling of the substance; or        (2)    with the knowledge that the other will unlawfully inhale the substance.    (c)    A person may not:        (1)    instruct another in the practice of inhaling or smelling that is prohibited under § 5-708(b) of this subtitle; or        (2)    distribute a butane canister to a minor.    (d)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 18 months or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  5-710 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 5 - Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances|Subtitle 7 - Prescription Drugs and Other Substances|Part II - Other Substances|Section 5-710 - Use of Steroid or Hormone -- Warning

    (a)    In this section, “human growth hormone” means:        (1)    somatrem, somatropin, and any of their analogues; or        (2)    a substance labeled as being or containing somatrem or somatropin and any analogue of somatrem or somatropin.    (b)    This section applies to an athletic facility, commercial health club, public recreation center, weight training gym, school gymnasium, or other establishment operated primarily for the exercise, physical fitness, athletic training, or physical education of the individuals who use the facility.    (c)    The operator of a facility subject to this section shall obtain and affix at least one warning notice in each locker room maintained in the facility.    (d)    (1)    The lettering in each warning notice shall be at least 1 inch high and shall be conspicuously placed for maximum possible visibility.        (2)    The warning notice shall read:Warning    The nonprescription use, possession, or distribution of anabolic steroids or human growth hormone is illegal in the State of Maryland. On conviction, violators are subject to imprisonment or a fine or both.