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<baltimore-city-law heading="Subtitle 16 – Drugs - LSD">
  <section prefix="§" num="16-1" heading="“LSD” defined.">
    <text>The drug or compound herein referred to as “LSD” means:</text>
    <para num="(1)">the drug or compound described as “d-Lysergic acid diethylamide” or “7-methyl-indolo [4, 3-fg] quinoline-9-carboxylic acid”; and</para>
    <para num="(2)">any other similar or comparable drug or compound.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1966, art 19, §19(e)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 19, §21(e)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 66-863</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="16-2" heading="Prohibited conduct.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Sale.">It is unlawful for any person to sell, barter, or trade, without the certificate of a medical physician, the drug or compound known generally as LSD.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Possession.">It is unlawful for any person to have in his possession, unless for purposes of scientific research, the drug or compound known generally as LSD.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Manufacture.">It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, make, or compound the drug or compound known generally as LSD.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Use.">It is unlawful for any person to administer to himself or take internally the drug or compound known generally as LSD, unless under the direction and control of a medical physician.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1966, art 19, §19(a) - (d)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 19, §21(a) - (d)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 66-863</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="16-3" heading="Penalties.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Violation a misdemeanor.">Any person violating any of the provisions of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Sale, possession, or manufacture.">Upon conviction of a violation of § 16-2(a), (b), or (c), he is subject to a fine not in excess of $500 or to imprisonment not in excess of 1 year, or to both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Use.">For a violation of the provisions of § 16-2(d), he shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $100.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1966, art 19, §19(f)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 19, §21(f)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 66-863</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
