Public Health Law § 3345 · Title 4. Dispensing to Ultimate Users
Possession of controlled substances by ultimate users original container
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Text — Law content up to date as of October 9, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
§ 3345. Possession of controlled substances by ultimate users original container. Except for the purpose of current use by the person or animal for whom such substance was prescribed or dispensed, it shall be unlawful for an ultimate user of controlled substances to possess such substance outside of the original container in which it was dispensed.
Violation of this provision shall be an offense punishable by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
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- Law content up to date as of October 9, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
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- https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/laws/PBH3345
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