Indiana IC 35-48-4-7

Possession of a controlled substance; obtaining a schedule V controlled substance

Sec. 7.

(a) A person who, without a valid prescription or order of a practitioner acting in the course of his professional practice, knowingly or intentionally possesses a controlled substance (pure or adulterated) classified in schedule I, II, III, or IV, except marijuana or hashish, commits possession of a controlled substance, a Class D felony. However, the offense is a Class C felony if the person in possession of the controlled substance possesses the controlled substance:

(1) on a school bus; or

(2) in, on, or within one thousand (1,000) feet of:

(A) school property;

(B) a public park;

(C) a family housing complex; or

(D) a youth program center.

(b) A person who, without a valid prescription or order of a practitioner acting in the course of his professional practice, knowingly or intentionally obtains:

(1) more than four (4) ounces of schedule V controlled substances containing codeine in any given forty-eight (48) hour period unless pursuant to a prescription;

(2) a schedule V controlled substance pursuant to written or verbal misrepresentation; or

(3) possession of a schedule V controlled substance other than by means of a prescription or by means of signing an exempt narcotic register maintained by a pharmacy licensed by the Indiana state board of pharmacy;commits a Class D felony.

As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.7. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.102; P.L.138-1983, SEC.4; P.L.327-1985, SEC.4; P.L.296-1987, SEC.10; P.L.296-1995, SEC.8; P.L.65-1996, SEC.16; P.L.17-2001, SEC.25.