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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-64-443

Drug paraphernalia

Applied in 23 court decisions — leading case 2020 Ark. App. 48 - Nikki Leann Knauls v. State of Arkansas (2020)

Most recently applied in 2026 Ark. App. 71 - Darius Hill v. State of Arkansas (February 2026)

Acts 2011, No. 570, § 63; 2017, No. 888, § 1; 2019, No. 1014, § 1.

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(1) A person who possesses drug paraphernalia with the purpose to use the drug paraphernalia to inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled substance in violation of this chapter upon conviction is guilty of: A Class A misdemeanor; or

(2) A Class D felony if the controlled substance is methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl, or cocaine.

(3) A person who uses or possesses with the purpose to use drug paraphernalia to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, or repack a controlled substance that is methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl, or cocaine upon conviction is guilty of a Class B felony.

(4) A person who uses or possesses with the purpose to use drug paraphernalia to store, contain, or conceal a controlled substance that is methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl, or cocaine upon conviction is guilty of a Class D felony.

(5) A person who uses or possesses with the purpose to use drug paraphernalia to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, or repack a controlled substance that is not methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl, or cocaine upon conviction is guilty of a Class D felony.

(6) A person who uses or possesses with the purpose to use drug paraphernalia to store, contain, or conceal a controlled substance that is not methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl, or cocaine upon conviction is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.