529.03 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
   (a)   Except as authorized by West Virginia Code Chapter 60A, it is unlawful for any person to manufacture, deliver or possess with intent to manufacturer or deliver, a controlled substance.
   (b)   Except as authorized by West Virginia Code Chapter 60A, it is unlawful for any person to create, deliver or possess with intent to deliver a counterfeit substance.
   (c)   It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to possess a controlled substance unless the substance was obtained directly from, or pursuant to, a valid prescription or order of a practitioner while acting in the course of his or her professional practice, or except as otherwise authorized by West Virginia Code Chapter 60A.
(WVaC 60A-4-401)
   (d)   It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally:
      (1)   To create, distribute or deliver, or possess with intent to distribute or deliver, an imitation controlled substance; or
      (2)   To create, possess or sell or otherwise transfer any equipment with the intent that the equipment shall be used to apply a trademark, trade name or other identifying mark, imprint, number or device, or any likeness thereof, upon a counterfeit substance, an imitation controlled substance or the container or label of a counterfeit substance or an imitation controlled substance.
      (3)   The provisions of subsection (d)(1) hereof shall not apply to a practitioner who administers or dispenses a placebo.
         (WVaC 60A-4-401)