It is an exception to this part if the person lawfully possessed the controlled substance as otherwise authorized by this part and title 53, chapter 11, parts 3 and 4.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-427
Exception
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case United States v. Goldston (2018)
Most recently applied in 391 F. Supp. 3d 802 - Dunaway v. Purdue Pharma L.P. (May 2019)
Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.
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