(A) (1) Except as provided in division (2), no person, not being a physician, dentist, chiropodist, veterinarian licensed under the laws of this state or of the state where he resides, registered professional nurse, or a registered embalmer, manufacturer, or dealer in embalming supplies, wholesale druggist, manufacturing pharmacist, registered pharmacist, manufacturer of surgical instruments, industrial user, official of any government having possession of the articles hereinafter mentioned by reason of his official duties, nurse or medical laboratory technician acting under the direction of a physician or dentist, employee of an incorporated hospital acting under the direction of its superintendent or official in immediate charge, or a carrier or messenger engaged in the transportation of such articles, or the holder of a permit issued under § 137.18, farmer engaged in the use of such instruments on livestock, or person engaged in chemical, clinical, pharmaceutical, or other scientific research, shall have in his possession a hypodermic syringe, hypodermic needle, or any instrument adapted for the use of controlled substances or cannabis by subcutaneous injection.
(2) A person who is at least 18 years of age may purchase from a pharmacy and have in his or her possession up to 20 hypodermic syringes or needles.
(B) Violation of this section is a misdemeanor for the first offense. Second or succeeding offenses are class 4 felonies and shall be prosecuted under state law.
(ILCS Ch. 720, Act 635, §§ 1, 4) Penalty, see § 130.99