Lauren's Law

This act governs controlled substances, setting out the offenses that surround their manufacture, distribution, transportation, and possession, along with related conduct such as drug paraphernalia enterprises, obtaining drugs by withholding information from a practitioner, and tampering with drug and alcohol screening tests. It establishes graduated criminal penalties that rise with the circumstances of the offense — enhancements for supplying minors, for dealing near schools, colleges, and libraries, for repeat offenses, and for large-scale trafficking, up to separate offenses for delivery resulting in death and for occupying a leadership role in a drug operation. It also provides limits and alternatives to punishment, including conditional discharge for a first possession offense, a bar to duplicative prosecution, and authority to abate paraphernalia operations as public nuisances through injunctions, search warrants, and forfeiture.

Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.