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2022 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 2C - The New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice
Section 2C:35-24 - Possession of certain prescription drugs
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NJ Rev Stat § 2C:35-24 (2022)
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2C:35-24. Possession of certain prescription drugs
9. Possession of certain prescription drugs.
A person who possesses a controlled dangerous substance that was prescribed or dispensed lawfully may possess it only in the container in which it was dispensed; except that the person may possess no more than a 10-day supply in other than the original container if the person produces, upon the request of a law enforcement officer, the name and address of the practitioner who prescribed the substance or the pharmacist who dispensed it. A person who violates this section is a disorderly person.
L.1999,c.90, s.9.
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