Penal Law § 179.11 · Article 179. Criminal Diversion of Medical Marihuana
Criminal diversion of medical cannabis in the second degree
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* § 179.11 Criminal diversion of medical cannabis in the second degree.
A person is guilty of criminal diversion of medical cannabis in the second degree when he or she sells, trades, delivers, or otherwise provides medical cannabis to another with knowledge or reasonable grounds to know that the recipient is not registered under article three of the cannabis law.
Criminal diversion of medical cannabis in the second degree is a class B misdemeanor.
* NB Repealed July 5, 2028
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