Oklahoma § 21-832 - Willfully poisoning food, drink, medicine, or patent or
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 21-832 — Willfully poisoning food, drink, medicine, or patent or, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 21-832. Willfully poisoning food, drink, medicine, or patent or
proprietary medicine.
A. 1. No person shall willfully mingle any poison, Schedule I
through V drug pursuant to the provisions of Sections 2-203 through
2-212 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or sharp object, or any
other object or substance which if used in a manner which is not
customary or usual is harmful to human life, with any food, drink,
medicine, or patent or proprietary medicine with intent that the
same shall be taken, consumed, applied, or used in any manner by any
human being to his injury; and
2. Unless authorized by law, no person shall willfully poison
or place any Schedule I through V drug pursuant to the provisions of
Sections 2-203 through 2-212 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes or
any other object or substance which if used in a manner which is not
customary or usual is harmful to human life in any spring, well, or
reservoir of water.
B. Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of
this section shall be guilty of a Class B1 felony offense,
punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not less
than five (5) years, or by a fine of not less than One Thousand
Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
R.L. 1910, § 2391. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 19, § 1, emerg. eff.
April 18, 1983; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 246, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws
1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 150, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c.
486, § 47, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective
date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 246 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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