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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
277.
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, ingestion, application to the skin, or
any combination thereof or by any other means.
(m) "Drug" means (1) substances recognized in the official United States
Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official
National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them; and (2) substances intended
for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man
or other animals; and (3) substances (other than food) intended to affect the structure
or any function of the body of man or other animals; and (4) substances intended for
use as a component of any article specified in clause (1), (2), or (3) of this paragraph;
but does not include devices or their components, parts, or accessories.
287C.
(A) IN THIS SECTION, "DRUG" DOES NOT INCLUDE ALCOHOL.
(B) A PERSON MAY NOT ADMINISTER A CONTROLLED DANGEROUS
SUBSTANCE OR OTHER DRUG TO ANOTHER PERSON WITHOUT THAT PERSON'S
KNOWLEDGE AND WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AGAINST THAT OTHER PERSON:
(1) A CRIME OF VIOLENCE AS DEFINED IN § 643B OF THIS ARTICLE; OR
(2) A SEXUAL OFFENSE IN THE THIRD DEGREE UNDER § 464B OF THIS
ARTICLE.
(C) (1) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF A
MISDEMEANOR AND ON CONVICTION IS SUBJECT TO A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN
$2,500 OR IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 1 YEAR OR BOTH.
(2) A SENTENCE IMPOSED UNDER THIS SECTION MAY BE IMPOSED
SEPARATE FROM AND CONSECUTIVE TO OR CONCURRENT WITH A SENTENCE FOR
ANY OFFENSE BASED ON THE ACT OR ACTS ESTABLISHING THE VIOLATION OF THIS
SECTION.
643B.
(a) As used in this section, the term "crime of violence" means abduction;
arson in the first degree; kidnapping; manslaughter, except involuntary
manslaughter; mayhem and maiming, as previously proscribed under §§ 384, 385,
and 386 of this article; murder; rape; robbery; robbery with a deadly weapon;
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