0001| HOUSE BILL 210
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0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| RITA G. GETTY
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES; AMENDING THE CONTROLLED
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0012| SUBSTANCES ACT TO PROVIDE FOR DRUG-FREE RESIDENTIAL ZONES;
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0013| ENHANCING CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
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0014|
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0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016| Section 1. Section 30-31-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1972,
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0017| Chapter 84, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:
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0018| "30-31-2. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Controlled
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0019| Substances Act:
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0020| A. "administer" means the direct application of a
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0021| controlled substance by any means to the body of a patient or
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0022| research subject by a practitioner or his agent;
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0023| B. "agent" includes an authorized person who acts
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0024| on behalf of a manufacturer, distributor or dispenser. It does
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0025| not include a common or contract carrier, public warehouseman
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0001| or employee of the carrier or warehouseman;
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0002| C. "board" means the board of pharmacy;
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0003| D. "bureau" means the bureau of narcotics and
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0004| dangerous drugs, United States department of justice, or its
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0005| successor agency;
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0006| E. "controlled substance" means a drug or substance
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0007| listed in Schedules I through V of the Controlled Substances
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0008| Act or regulations adopted thereto;
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0009| F. "counterfeit substance" means a controlled
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0010| substance that bears the unauthorized trademark, trade name,
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0011| imprint, number, device or other identifying mark or likeness
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0012| of a manufacturer, distributor or dispenser other than the
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0013| person who in fact manufactured, distributed or dispensed the
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0014| controlled substance;
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0015| G. "deliver" means the actual, constructive or
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0016| attempted transfer from one person to another of a controlled
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0017| substance or controlled substance analog, whether or not there
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0018| is an agency relationship;
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0019| H. "dispense" means to deliver a controlled
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0020| substance to an ultimate user or research subject pursuant to
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0021| the lawful order of a practitioner, including the
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0022| administering, prescribing, packaging, labeling or compounding
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0023| necessary to prepare the controlled substance for that
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0024| delivery;
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0025| I. "dispenser" means a practitioner who dispenses
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0001| and includes hospitals, pharmacies and clinics where controlled
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0002| substances are dispensed;
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0003| J. "distribute" means to deliver other than by
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0004| administering or dispensing a controlled substance or
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0005| controlled substance analog;
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0006| K. "drug" or "substance" means substances
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0007| recognized as drugs in the official United States
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0008| pharmacopoeia, official homeopathic pharmacopoeia of the United
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0009| States or official national formulary or any respective
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0010| supplement to [these] those publications. It does not
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0011| include devices or their components, parts or accessories;
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0012| L. "hashish" means the resin extracted from any
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0013| part of marijuana, whether growing or not, and every compound,
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0014| manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of such
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0015| resins;
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0016| M. "manufacture" means the production, preparation,
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0017| compounding, conversion or processing of a controlled substance
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0018| or controlled substance analog by extraction from substances of
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0019| natural origin or independently by means of chemical synthesis
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0020| or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis and
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0021| includes any packaging or repackaging of the substance or
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0022| labeling or relabeling of its container, except that this term
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0023| does not include the preparation or compounding of a controlled
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0024| substance:
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0025| (1) by a practitioner as an incident to his
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0001| administering or dispensing of a controlled substance in the
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0002| course of his professional practice; or
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0003| (2) by a practitioner, or by his agent under
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0004| his supervision, for the purpose of or as an incident to
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0005| research, teaching or chemical analysis and not for sale;
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0006| N. "marijuana" means all parts of the plant
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0007| Cannabis, including any and all varieties, species and
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0008| subspecies of the genus Cannabis, whether growing or not, the
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0009| seeds thereof and every compound, manufacture, salt,
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0010| derivative, mixture or preparation of the plant or its seeds.
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0011| It does not include the mature stalks of the plant, hashish,
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0012| tetrahydrocannabinols extracted or isolated from marijuana,
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0013| fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds
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0014| of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, deriva-
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0016| tive, mixture or preparation of the mature stalks, fiber, oil
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0017| or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant that is incapable
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0018| of germination;
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0019| O. "narcotic drug" means any of the following,
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0020| whether produced directly or indirectly by extraction from
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0021| substances of vegetable origin or independently by means of
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0022| chemical synthesis or by a combination of extraction and
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0023| chemical synthesis:
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0024| (1) opium and opiate and any salt, compound,
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0025| derivative or preparation of opium or opiate;
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0001| (2) any salt, compound, isomer, derivative or
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0002| preparation that is a chemical equivalent of any of the
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0003| substances referred to in Paragraph (1) of this subsection,
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0004| except the isoquinoline alkaloids of opium;
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0005| (3) opium poppy and poppy straw, including all
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0006| parts of the plant of the species Papaver somniferum L. except
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0007| its seeds; or
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0008| (4) coca leaves and any salt, compound,
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0009| derivative or preparation of coca leaves, any salt, compound,
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0010| isomer, derivative or preparation that is a chemical equivalent
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0011| of any of these substances except decocainized coca leaves or
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0012| extractions of coca leaves that do not contain cocaine or
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0013| [ecgonine] ecgonine;
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0014| P. "opiate" means any substance having an
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0015| addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability similar to
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0016| morphine or being capable of conversion into a drug having
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0017| addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability. Opiate
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0018| does not include, unless specifically designated as controlled
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0019| under Section 30-31-5 NMSA 1978, the dextrorotatory isomer of
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0020| 3-methoxy-n-methylmorphinan and its salts (dextromethorphan).
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0021| "Opiate" does include its racemic and levorotatory forms;
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0022| Q. "person" includes a partnership, corporation,
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0023| association, institution, political subdivision, government
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0024| agency or other legal entity;
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0025| R. "practitioner" means a physician, dentist,
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0001| veterinarian or other person licensed to prescribe and
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0002| administer drugs that are subject to the Controlled Substances
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0003| Act;
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0004| S. "prescription" means an order given individually
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0005| for the person for whom is prescribed a controlled substance,
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0006| either directly from the prescriber to the pharmacist or
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0007| indirectly by means of a written order signed by the
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0008| prescriber, [and] in accordance with the Controlled
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0009| Substances Act or regulations adopted thereto;
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0010| T. "scientific investigator" means a person
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0011| registered to conduct research with controlled substances in
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0012| the course of his professional practice or research and
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0013| includes analytical laboratories;
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0014| U. "ultimate user" means a person who lawfully
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0015| possesses a controlled substance for his own use or for the use
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0016| of a member of his household or for administering to an animal
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0017| under the care, custody and control of the person or by a
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0018| member of his household;
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0019| V. "drug paraphernalia" means all equipment,
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0020| products and materials of any kind that are used, intended for
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0021| use or designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating,
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0022| growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting,
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0023| producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing,
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0024| packaging, repackaging, storing, containing, concealing,
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0025| injecting, ingesting, inhaling or otherwise introducing into
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0001| the human body a controlled substance or controlled substance
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0002| analog in violation of the Controlled Substances Act. It
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0003| includes [but is not limited to]:
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0004| (1) kits used, intended for use or designed
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0005| for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing or
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0006| harvesting any species of plant that is a controlled substance
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0007| or controlled substance analog or from which a controlled
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0008| substance can be derived;
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0009| (2) kits used, intended for use or designed
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0010| for use in manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing,
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0011| processing or preparing controlled substances or controlled
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0012| substance analogs;
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0013| (3) isomerization devices used, intended for
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0014| use or designed for use in increasing the potency of any
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0015| species of plant that is a controlled substance;
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0016| (4) testing equipment used, intended for use
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0017| or designed for use in identifying or in analyzing the
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0018| strength, effectiveness or purity of controlled substances or
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0019| controlled substance analogs;
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0020| (5) scales or balances used, intended for use
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0021| or designed for use in weighing or measuring controlled
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0022| substances or controlled substance analogs;
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0023| (6) diluents and adulterants, such as quinine
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0024| hydrochloride, mannitol, mannite dextrose and lactose, used,
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0025| intended for use or designed for use in cutting controlled
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0001| substances or controlled substance analogs;
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0002| (7) separation gins and sifters used, intended
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0003| for use or designed for use in removing twigs and seeds from or
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0004| in otherwise cleaning and refining marijuana;
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0005| (8) blenders, bowls, containers, spoons and
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0006| mixing devices used, intended for use or designed for use in
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0007| compounding controlled substances or controlled substance
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0008| analogs;
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0009| (9) capsules, balloons, envelopes and other
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0010| containers used, intended for use or designed for use in
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0011| packaging small quantities of controlled substances or
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0012| controlled substance analogs;
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0013| (10) containers and other objects used,
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0014| intended for use or designed for use in storing or concealing
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0015| controlled substances or controlled substance analogs;
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0016| (11) hypodermic syringes, needles and other
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0017| objects used, intended for use or designed for use in
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0018| parenterally injecting controlled substances or controlled
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0019| substance analogs into the human body;
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0020| (12) objects used, intended for use or
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0021| designed for use in ingesting, inhaling or otherwise
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0022| introducing marijuana, cocaine, hashish or hashish oil into the
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0023| human body, such as:
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0024| (a) metal, wooden, acrylic, glass,
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0025| stone, plastic or ceramic pipes, with or without screens,
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0001| permanent screens, hashish heads or punctured metal bowls;
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0002| (b) water pipes;
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0003| (c) carburetion tubes and devices;
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0004| (d) smoking and carburetion masks;
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0005| (e) roach clips, meaning objects used to
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0006| hold burning material, such as a marijuana cigarette, that has
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0007| become too small to hold in the hand;
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0008| (f) miniature cocaine spoons and cocaine
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0009| vials;
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0010| (g) chamber pipes;
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0011| (h) carburetor pipes;
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0012| (i) electric pipes;
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0013| (j) air-driven pipes;
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0014| (k) chilams;
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0015| (l) bongs; or
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0016| (m) ice pipes or chillers; and
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0017| (13) in determining whether an object is drug
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0018| paraphernalia, a court or other authority should consider, in
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0019| addition to all other logically relevant factors, the
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0020| following:
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0021| (a) statements by the owner or by anyone
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0022| in control of the object concerning its use;
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0023| (b) the proximity of the object, in time
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0024| and space, to a direct violation of the Controlled Substances
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0025| Act or any other law relating to controlled substances or
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0001| controlled substance analogs;
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0002| (c) the proximity of the object to
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0003| controlled substances or controlled substance analogs;
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0004| (d) the existence of any residue of a
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0005| controlled substance or controlled substance analog on the
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0006| object;
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0007| (e) instructions, written or oral,
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0008| provided with the object concerning its use;
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0009| (f) descriptive materials accompanying
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0010| the object that explain or depict its use;
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0011| (g) the manner in which the object is
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0012| displayed for sale; and
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0013| (h) expert testimony concerning its use;
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0014| W. "controlled substance analog" means a substance
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0015| other than a controlled substance that has a chemical structure
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0016| substantially similar to that of a controlled substance in
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0017| Schedule I, II, III, IV or V or that was specifically designed
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0018| to produce effects substantially similar to that of controlled
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0019| substances in Schedule I, II, III, IV or V. Examples of
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0020| chemical classes in which controlled substance analogs are
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0021| found include [but are not limited to] the following:
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0022| (1) phenethylamines;
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0023| (2) N-substituted piperidines;
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0024| (3) morphinans;
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0025| (4) [ecogonines] ecgonines;
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0001| (5) quinazolinones;
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0002| (6) substituted indoles; and
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0003| (7) arylcycloalkylamines.
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0004| Specifically excluded from the definition of "controlled
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0005| substance analog" are those substances that are generally
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0006| recognized as safe and effective within the meaning of the
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0007| Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act or have been manufactured,
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0008| distributed or possessed in conformance with the provisions of
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0009| an approved new drug application or an exemption for
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0010| investigational use within the meaning of Section 505 of the
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0011| Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act;
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0012| X. "human consumption" includes application,
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0013| injection, inhalation, ingestion or any other manner of
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0014| introduction whatsoever; [and]
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0015| Y. "drug-free school zone" means any public or
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0016| private school or property [that is] used for [public]
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0017| school purposes and the area within one thousand feet of the
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0018| school property line [but it does not mean any post-secondary
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0019| school]; and
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0020| Z. "drug-free residential zone" means any property
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0021| residentially zoned or used as a residence and the area within
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0022| one thousand feet of the property line of the property."
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0023| Section 2. Section 30-31-20 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1972,
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0024| Chapter 84, Section 20, as amended) is amended to read:
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0025| "30-31-20. TRAFFICKING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES--VIOLATION.-
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0002| A. As used in the Controlled Substances Act,
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0003| "traffic" means the:
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0004| (1) manufacture of any controlled substance
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0005| enumerated in Schedules I through V or any controlled substance
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0006| analog as defined in Subsection W of Section 30-31-2 NMSA 1978;
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0007| (2) distribution, sale, barter or giving away
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0008| of any controlled substance enumerated in Schedule I or II that
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0009| is a narcotic drug or a controlled substance analog of a
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0010| controlled substance enumerated in Schedule I or II that is a
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0011| narcotic drug; or
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0012| (3) possession with intent to distribute any
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0013| controlled substance enumerated in Schedule I or II that is a
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0014| narcotic drug or controlled substance analog of a controlled
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0015| substance enumerated in Schedule I or II that is a narcotic
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0016| drug.
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0017| B. Except as authorized by the Controlled
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0018| Substances Act, it is unlawful for any person to intentionally
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0019| traffic. Any person who violates this subsection is:
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0020| (1) for the first offense, guilty of a second
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0021| degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions
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0022| of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978; and
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0023| (2) for the second and subsequent offenses,
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0024| guilty of a first degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant
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0025| to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978.
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0001| C. Any person who knowingly violates Paragraph (1)
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0002| of Subsection B of this section within a drug-free school zone
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0003| [excluding private property residentially zoned or used
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0004| primarily as a residence] or a drug-free residential zone is
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0005| guilty of a first degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant
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0006| to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978."
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0007| Section 3. Section 30-31-22 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1972,
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0008| Chapter 84, Section 22, as amended) is amended to read:
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0009| "30-31-22. CONTROLLED OR COUNTERFEIT SUBSTANCES--
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0010| DISTRIBUTION PROHIBITED.--
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0011| A. Except as authorized by the Controlled
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0012| Substances Act, it is unlawful for any person to intentionally
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0013| distribute or possess with intent to distribute a controlled
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0014| substance or a controlled substance analog except a substance
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0015| enumerated in Schedule I or II that is a narcotic drug or a
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0016| controlled substance analog of a controlled substance
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0017| enumerated in Schedule I or II that is a narcotic drug. Any
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0018| person who violates this subsection with respect to:
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0019| (1) marijuana is:
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0020| (a) except as provided in Subparagraph
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0021| (c) of this paragraph, for the first offense, guilty of a
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0022| fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the
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0023| provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978;
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0024| (b) for the second and subsequent
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0025| offenses, guilty of a third degree felony and shall be
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0001| sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA
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0002| 1978;
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0003| (c) for the first offense, if more than
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0004| one hundred pounds is possessed with intent to distribute or
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0005| distributed or both, guilty of a third degree felony and shall
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0006| be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15
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0007| NMSA 1978; and
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0008| (d) for the second and subsequent
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0009| offenses, if more than one hundred pounds is possessed with
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0010| intent to distribute or distributed or both, guilty of a second
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0011| degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions
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0012| of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978;
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0013| (2) any other controlled substance enumerated in
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0014| Schedule I, II, III or IV or a controlled substance analog of a
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0015| controlled substance enumerated in Schedule I, II, III or IV
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0016| except a substance enumerated in Schedule I or II that is a
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0017| narcotic drug or a controlled substance analog of a controlled
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0018| substance enumerated in Schedule I or II that is a narcotic
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0019| drug, is:
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0020| (a) for the first offense, guilty of a third
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0021| degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions
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0022| of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978; and
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0023| (b) for the second and subsequent offenses,
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0024| guilty of a second degree felony and shall be sentenced
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0025| pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978; and
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0001| (3) a controlled substance enumerated in
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0002| Schedule V or a controlled substance analog of a controlled
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0003| substance enumerated in Schedule V is guilty of a misdemeanor
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0004| and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred
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0005| dollars ($100) or more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by
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0006| imprisonment for a definite term not less than one hundred
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0007| eighty days but less than one year, or both.
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0008| B. Except as authorized by the Controlled Substances
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0009| Act, it is unlawful for any person to intentionally create or
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0010| deliver, or possess with intent to deliver, a counterfeit
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0011| substance. Any person who violates this subsection with
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0012| respect to:
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0013| (1) a counterfeit substance enumerated in
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0014| Schedule I, II, III or IV is guilty of a fourth degree felony
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0015| and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section
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0016| 31-18-15 NMSA 1978; and
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0017| (2) a counterfeit substance enumerated in
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0018| Schedule V is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and shall be
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0019| punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100)
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0020| or by imprisonment for a definite term not to exceed six
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0021| months, or both.
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0022| C. Any person who knowingly violates Subsection A or
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0023| B of this section while within a drug-free school zone
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0024| [excluding private property residentially zoned or used
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0025| primarily as a residence] or a drug-free residential zone
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0001| with respect to:
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0002| (1) marijuana is:
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0003| (a) except as provided in Subparagraph (c)
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0004| of this paragraph, for the first offense, guilty of a third
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0005| degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions
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0006| of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978;
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0007| (b) for the second and subsequent offenses,
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0008| guilty of a second degree felony and shall be sentenced
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0009| pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978;
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0010| (c) for the first offense, if more than one
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0011| hundred pounds is possessed with intent to distribute or
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0012| distributed or both, guilty of a second degree felony and shall
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0013| be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15
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0014| NMSA 1978; and
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0015| (d) for the second and subsequent offenses,
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0016| if more than one hundred pounds is possessed with intent to
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0017| distribute or distributed or both, guilty of a first degree
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0018| felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of
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0019| Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978;
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0020| (2) any other controlled substance enumerated in
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0021| Schedule I, II, III or IV or a controlled substance analog of a
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0022| controlled substance enumerated in Schedule I, II, III or IV
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0023| except a substance enumerated in Schedule I or II that is a
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0024| narcotic drug or a controlled substance analog of a controlled
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0025| substance [emumerated] enumerated in Schedule I or II that
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0001| is a narcotic drug, is:
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0002| (a) for the first offense, guilty of a
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0003| second degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the
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0004| provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978; and
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0005| (b) for the second and subsequent offenses,
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0006| guilty of a first degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant
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0007| to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978;
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0008| (3) a controlled substance enumerated in
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0009| Schedule V or a controlled substance analog of a controlled
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0010| substance enumerated in Schedule V is guilty of a fourth degree
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0011| felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of
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0012| Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978; and
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0013| (4) the intentional creation, delivery or
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0014| possession with the intent to deliver:
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0015| (a) a counterfeit substance enumerated in
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0016| Schedule I, II, III or IV is guilty of a third degree felony
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0017| and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section
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0018| 31-18-15 NMSA 1978; and
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0019| (b) a counterfeit substance enumerated in
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0020| Schedule V is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by
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0021| a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more
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0022| than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for a
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0023| definite term not less than one hundred eighty days but less
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0024| than one year, or both.
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0025| D. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A
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0001| of this section, distribution of a small amount of marijuana
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0002| for no remuneration shall be treated as provided in Paragraph
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0003| (3) of Subsection B of Section 30-31-23 NMSA 1978."
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0004|
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