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152.025.2

Statute ID: 20108

Statute Function ID: 40098

Drugs - 5th Degree Controlled Substance - Possession

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Statute Number:

152.025.2

Enactment Date:

May 23, 2025

Effective Date:

May 24, 2025

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Drugs - 5th Degree Controlled Substance - Possession

Statute ID:

20108

Created:

Jun 3, 2025 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jun 3, 2025 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

2025 C35 Art4 Sect4; Paragraph (a) and (b) did not exist in 2023 so expiring/creating new codes

Summary Text:

Drugs - 5th Degree Controlled Substance - Possession

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/152/025.html

Legislative Session:

2025 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jun 3, 2025

(a) A person is guilty of controlled substance crime in the fifth degree and upon conviction may be sentenced as provided in subdivision 4 if:

(1) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures containing a controlled substance classified in Schedule I, II, III, or IV, except cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, or hemp-derived consumer products or a residual amount of one or more mixtures of controlled substances contained in drug paraphernalia; or

(2) the person procures, attempts to procure, possesses, or has control over a controlled substance by any of the following means:

(i) fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge;

(ii) using a false name or giving false credit; or

(iii) falsely assuming the title of, or falsely representing any person to be, a manufacturer, wholesaler, pharmacist, physician, doctor of osteopathic medicine licensed to practice medicine, dentist, podiatrist, veterinarian, or other authorized person for the purpose of obtaining a controlled substance.

(b) For the purposes of this subdivision, a mixture does not include the fluid used in a water pipe or any amount of a controlled substance that is dissolved in the pipe's fluid.