Washington § 69.50.412 - Prohibited acts: E — Penalties.

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§ 69.50.412. Prohibited acts: E — Penalties.

(1) It is unlawful for any person to use drug paraphernalia to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, or prepare a controlled substance other than cannabis. Any person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(2) It is unlawful for any person to deliver, possess with intent to deliver, or manufacture with intent to deliver drug paraphernalia, knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that it will be used to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, or prepare a controlled substance other than cannabis. Any person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(3) Any person eighteen years of age or over who violates subsection (2) of this section by delivering drug paraphernalia to a person under eighteen years of age who is at least three years his or her junior is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

(4) It is unlawful for any person to place in any newspaper, magazine, handbill, or other publication any advertisement, knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that the purpose of the advertisement, in whole or in part, is to promote the sale of objects designed or intended for use as drug paraphernalia. Any person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(5) It is lawful for any person over the age of eighteen to possess sterile hypodermic syringes and needles for the purpose of reducing blood-borne diseases.

[ 2022 c 16 s 91; 2021 c 311 s 14; 2019 c 64 s 22. Prior: 2013 c 3 s 22 (Initiative Measure No. 502, approved November 6, 2012); 2012 c 117 s 368; 2002 c 213 s 1; 1981 c 48 s 2.]

Notes

Intent—Finding—2022 c 16: See note following RCW 69.50.101.

Effective date—2021 c 311 ss 1-11 and 13-21: See note following RCW 71.24.115.

Explanatory statement—2019 c 64: See note following RCW 1.20.110.

Intent—2013 c 3 (Initiative Measure No. 502): See note following RCW 69.50.101.

Severability—1981 c 48: See note following RCW 69.50.102.

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