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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 4476

  • drug paraphernalia: means all equipment, products, devices, and materials of any kind that are used, or promoted for use or designed for use, in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing, concealing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body a regulated drug in violation of chapter 84 of this title. See
  • Organized community-based needle exchange program: means a program approved by the Commissioner of Health under section 4478 of this title, the purpose of which is to provide access to clean needles and syringes, and which is operated by an AIDS service organization, a substance abuse treatment provider, or a licensed health care provider or facility. See
  • Person: means any individual, company, corporation, association, partnership, the U. See

§ 4476. Offenses and penalties

(a) A person who sells drug paraphernalia to a person under 18 years of age shall be imprisoned for not more than two years or fined not more than $2,000.00, or both.

(b) The distribution and possession of needles and syringes as part of an organized community-based needle exchange program shall not be a violation of this section or of chapter 84 of this title. (Added 1983, No. 186 (Adj. Sess.); amended 1999, No. 28, § 3; 2017, No. 86 (Adj. Sess.), § 12.)