N.Y. Penal Law § 179.15
Criminal retention of medical cannabis
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Current — January 1, 2022
As of January 1, 2015
* § 179.15 Criminal retention of medical marihuana.\n A person is guilty of criminal retention of medical marihuana when,\nbeing a certified patient or designated caregiver, as those terms are\ndefined in subdivisions three and five of section thirty-three hundred\nsixty of the public health law, respectively, he or she knowingly\nobtains, possesses, stores or maintains an amount of marihuana in excess\nof the amount he or she is authorized to possess under the provisions of\ntitle five-A of article thirty-three of the public health law.\n Criminal retention of medical marihuana is a class A misdemeanor.\n * NB Repealed July 5, 2021\n
* § 179.15 Criminal retention of medical cannabis.\n A person is guilty of criminal retention of medical cannabis when,\nbeing a certified patient or designated caregiver, as those terms are\ndefined in section three of the cannabis law, he or she knowingly\nobtains, possesses, stores or maintains an amount of cannabis in excess\nof the amount he or she is authorized to possess under the provisions of\narticle three of the cannabis law.\n Criminal retention of medical cannabis shall be punishable as provided\nin section 222.25 of this chapter.\n * NB Repealed July 5, 2028\n
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