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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 2

(e) "Obtain" means obtain as defined in Section 340(f)
of this [section] ARTICLE.

277.

(p) "Manufacture" shall mean the production,
preparation, propagation, compounding, conversion or
processing of a controlled dangerous substance either
directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of
natural origin, or independently by means of chemical
synthesis or by a combination of extraction and chemical
synthesis and includes any packaging or repackaging of the
substance or labeling of relabeling of its containers,
except that this term does not include the preparation or
compounding of a controlled dangerous substance by an
individual for his own use [of] OR the preparation,
compounding, packaging or labeling of a controlled dangerous
substance: (1) by a practitioner as an incident to his
administering or dispensing of a controlled dangerous
substance in the course of his professional practice, or (2)
by a practitioner, or by his authorized agent under his
supervision, for the purpose of, or as an incident to,
research, teaching or chemical analysis and not for sale.

287A.

(b) In determining whether an object is drug
paraphernalia, a court or other authority should consider,
in addition to all other logically relevant factors, the
following:

(1)  Statements by an owner or by anyone in
control of the object concerning its use;

(2)  Prior convictions, if any, of an owner, or
of anyone in control of the object, under any State or
federal law relating to any controlled dangerous substance;

(3)  The proximity of the object, in time and
space, to a direct violation of this [act] SECTION or to a
controlled dangerous substance;

(4)  The existence of any residue of controlled
dangerous substances on the object;

(5)  Direct or circumstantial evidence of the
intent of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object,
to deliver it to persons whom he knows, or should reasonably
know, intend to use the object to facilitate a violation of
this [act] SECTION; the innocence of an owner, or of anyone
in control of the object, as to a direct violation of this
[act] SECTION shall not prevent a finding that the object is
intended for use, or designed for use as drug paraphernalia;

(6)  Instructions, oral or written, provided with
the object concerning its use;