Ohio § 2925.12

§ 2925.12.

(A) No person shall knowingly make, obtain, possess, or use any instrument, article,

or thing the customary and primary purpose of which is for the administration or use

of a dangerous drug, other than marihuana, when the instrument involved is a hypodermic

or syringe, whether or not of crude or extemporized manufacture or assembly, and the

instrument, article, or thing involved has been used by the offender to unlawfully

administer or use a dangerous drug, other than marihuana, or to prepare a dangerous

drug, other than marihuana, for unlawful administration or use. (B)(1) This section does not apply to manufacturers, licensed health professionals authorized

to prescribe drugs, pharmacists, owners of pharmacies, and other persons whose conduct

was in accordance with Chapters 3719., 4715., 4723., 4729., 4730., 4731., 4741., and

4772. of the Revised Code. (2) Division (B)(2) of section 2925.11 of the Revised Code applies with respect to a violation of this section when a person seeks or obtains

medical assistance for another person who is experiencing a drug overdose, a person

experiences a drug overdose and seeks medical assistance for that overdose, or a person

is the subject of another person seeking or obtaining medical assistance for that

overdose. (C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of possessing drug abuse instruments, a misdemeanor

of the second degree.  If the offender previously has been convicted of a drug abuse offense, a violation

of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree. (D)(1) If the offender is a professionally licensed person, in addition to any other sanction

imposed for a violation of this section, the court immediately shall comply with section 2925.38 of the Revised Code . If the offender has a driver's or commercial driver's license or permit, section 2929.33 of the Revised Code applies. (2) Any offender who received a mandatory suspension of the offender's driver's or commercial

driver's license or permit under this section prior to September 13, 2016,may 1 file a motion with the sentencing court requesting the termination of the suspension.  However, an offender who pleaded guilty to or was convicted of a violation of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a substantially similar municipal ordinance or law of another state or the United

States that arose out of the same set of circumstances as the violation for which

the offender's license or permit was suspended under this section shall not file such

a motion. Upon the filing of a motion under division (D)(2) of this section, the sentencing

court, in its discretion, may terminate the suspension. 1

 So in original.