Section 11380 Of Article 5. Offenses Involving Controlled Substances Formerly Classified As Restricted Dangerous Drugs From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 10. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 5.
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. (a) Every person 18 years of age or over who violates any
provision of this chapter involving controlled substances which are
(1) classified in Schedule III, IV, or V and which are not narcotic
drugs or (2) specified in subdivision (d) of Section 11054, except
paragraphs (13), (14), (15), and (20) of subdivision (d), specified
in paragraph (11) of subdivision (c) of Section 11056, specified in
paragraph (2) or (3) or subdivision (f) of Section 11054, or
specified in subdivision (d), (e), or (f) of Section 11055, by the
use of a minor as agent, who solicits, induces, encourages, or
intimidates any minor with the intent that the minor shall violate
any provision of this article involving those controlled substances
or who unlawfully furnishes, offers to furnish, or attempts to
furnish those controlled substances to a minor shall be punished by
imprisonment in the state prison for a period of three, six, or nine
years.
(b) Nothing in this section applies to a registered pharmacist
furnishing controlled substances pursuant to a prescription.