882                              Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 403

and administration of controlled dangerous substances and related
paraphernalia in order to insure their availability for legitimate
medical and scientific purposes, but to prevent their abuse which
results in a serious health problem to the individual and represents
a serious danger to the welfare of the people of the State of
Maryland.

(b) The provisions of this subheading shall be liberally inter-
preted and construed so as to effectuate its general purpose as stated
hereinabove.

277. Definitions:

The following words and phrases as used in this subheading shall
have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires:

(a)  "Administer" shall mean to introduce a substance into the
system of a human being or animal by injection, inhalation, in-
gestion, application to the skin, or any combination thereof or by
any other means.

(b)  "Agent" shall mean AN employee or other authorized person
who acts on behalf of or at the direction of a manufacturer, dis-
tributor or practitioner but does not include a common or contract
carrier, public warehouseman or employee thereof.

(c)  "Authority" shall mean the Drug Abuse Authority under the
jurisdiction of the Department.

(d)  "Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs" shall mean the
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs of the United States
Department of Justice.

(e)  "Control" shall mean the power of the Department to add,
remove, or change the placement of a drug, substance, or immedi-
ate precursor under Sections 278 and 279 of this subheading as
amended from time to time.

(f)  "Controlled Dangerous Substance" shall mean any drug, sub-
stance or immediate precursor in Schedules I through IV of this
subheading. The term shall not include distilled spirits, wine, malt
beverages or tobacco as those terms are set forth in Article 2B of
the Code.

(g)  "Counterfeit substance" means a controlled dangerous sub-
stance, or the container or labeling of which, without authorization,
bears the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, im-
print, number or device, or any likeness thereof, of a manufacturer,
distributor, or dispenser other than the person who in fact manu-
factured, distributed or dispensed any such substance and which
thereby falsely purports or is represented to be the product of, or
to have been distributed by, any such other manufacturer, distribu-
tor, or dispenser.

(h) "Department" shall mean the Department of Health and Men-
tal Hygiene of this State.

(i) "Deliver" or "Delivery" shall mean the actual, constructive,
or attempted transfer, exchange, or delivering of a controlled danger-
ous substance from one person to another with or without remunera-
tion, whether or not there exists an agency relationship.