18.2-265.3 - Penalties for sale, etc., of drug paraphernalia.

§ 18.2-265.3. Penalties for sale, etc., of drug paraphernalia.

A. Any person who sells or possesses with intent to sell drug paraphernalia,knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that it iseither designed for use or intended by such person for use to illegallyplant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert,produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain,conceal, inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human bodymarijuana or a controlled substance, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

B. Any person eighteen years of age or older who violates subsection A hereofby selling drug paraphernalia to a minor who is at least three years juniorto the accused in age shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.

C. Any person eighteen years of age or older who distributes drugparaphernalia to a minor shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

(1981, c. 598; 1983, c. 535; 1984, c. 31.)