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(a) As used in this section, "motor vehicle," "street," and "highway" have the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 4511.01.
(b) Unless authorized by these Codified Ordinances or by State law, no person shall possess an open cartridge of nitrous oxide in either of the following circumstances:
(1) While operating or being a passenger in or on a motor vehicle on a street, highway, or other public or private property open to the public for purposes of vehicular traffic or parking.
(2) While being in or on a stationary motor vehicle on a street, highway, or other public or private property open to the public for purposes of vehicular traffic or parking.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of possessing nitrous oxide in a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(d) In addition to any other sanction imposed upon an offender for possessing nitrous oxide in a motor vehicle, the court may suspend for not more than five years the offender’s driver’s or commercial driver’s license or permit.
(ORC 2925.33)
(a) No person shall knowingly furnish a sample drug to another person.
(b) Division (a) of this section does not apply to manufacturers, wholesalers, pharmacists, owners of pharmacies, licensed health professionals authorized to prescribe drugs, and other persons whose conduct is in accordance with Ohio R.C. Chapters 3719, 4715, 4723, 4725, 4729, 4730, 4731, and 4741.
(c) (1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of illegal dispensing of drug samples.
(2) If the drug involved in the offense is a compound, mixture, preparation, or substance included in Schedule I or Schedule II, with the exception of marihuana, illegal dispensing of drug samples is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(3) If the drug involved in the offense is a dangerous drug or a compound, mixture, preparation, or substance included in Schedule III, Schedule IV or Schedule V, or is marihuana, the penalty for the offense shall be determined as follows:
A. Except as otherwise provided in the following division, illegal dispensing of drug samples is a misdemeanor of the second degree.
B. If the offense was committed in the vicinity of a school or in the vicinity of a juvenile, illegal dispensing of drug samples is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(R.C. § 2925.36(A) - (C))
Statutory reference:
Felony offenses, see Ohio R.C. 2925.36(C)(2)
(a) Whenever a manufacturer sells a controlled substance, and whenever a wholesaler, repackager, or outsourcing facility sells a controlled substance in a package the wholesaler, repackager, or outsourcing facility has prepared, the manufacturer or the wholesaler, repackager, or outsourcing facility, as the case may be, shall securely affix to each package in which the controlled substance is contained a label showing in legible English the name and address of the vendor and the quantity, kind, and form of controlled substance contained therein. No person, except a pharmacist for the purpose of dispensing a controlled substance upon a prescription shall alter, deface, or remove any label so affixed. As used in this division, “repackager” and “outsourcing facility” have the same meanings as in R.C. § 4729.01.
(b) No person shall alter, deface or remove any label affixed pursuant to Ohio R.C. 3719.08 as long as any of the original contents remain.
(ORC 3719.08(A), (E))
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of this section, or Ohio R.C. 3719.07 or 3719.08, or a drug abuse offense, a violation of this section is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate State law. If the violation involves the sale, offer to sell, or possession of a Schedule I or II controlled substance, with the exception of marihuana, and if the offender, as a result of the violation, is a major drug offender, then Ohio R.C. 3719.99(D) applies.
(ORC 3719.99(C))
(a) Possession of a hypodermic is authorized for the following:
(1) A manufacturer or distributor of, or dealer in hypodermics, or medication packaged in hypodermics, and any authorized agent of employee of that manufacturer, distributor or dealer, in the regular course of business;
(2) A terminal distributor of dangerous drugs, in the regular course of business;
(3) A person authorized to administer injections, in the regular course of the person's profession or employment;
(4) A person, when the hypodermic in his possession was lawfully obtained and is kept and used for the purpose of self-administration of insulin or other drug prescribed for the treatment of disease by a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs;
(5) A person whose use of a hypodermic is for legal research, clinical, educational or medicinal purposes;
(6) A farmer, for the lawful administration of a drug to an animal;
(7) A person whose use of a hypodermic is for lawful professional, mechanical, trade or craft purposes.
(b) No manufacturer or distributor of, or dealer in, hypodermics or medication packaged in hypodermics, or their authorized agents or employees, and no terminal distributor of dangerous drugs, shall display any hypodermic for sale. No person authorized to possess a hypodermic pursuant to division (a) of this section shall negligently fail to take reasonable precautions to prevent any hypodermic in the person's possession from theft or acquisition by any unauthorized person.
(ORC 3719.172(A), (B))
(c) Whoever violates division (b) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of division (b) of this section, Ohio R.C. 3719.05, 3719.06, 3719.13, 3719.172(B), or 3719.31, or a drug abuse offense, a violation of division (b) of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 3719.99(E))
Statutory reference:
Felony offenses, see Ohio R.C. 3719.172(C), (D)
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Section 513.11 was repealed as part of the 1998 updating and revision of these Codified Ordinances because substantially equivalent State law (Ohio R.C. 2925.32) was made a felony by the Ohio General Assembly by H.B. 162, effective January 1, 1997.)
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