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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="5-628" title_number="5" title_name="Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Crimes Involving Controlled Dangerous Substances and Paraphernalia">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, a person may not hire, solicit, engage, or use a minor to manufacture, deliver, or distribute on behalf of that person a controlled dangerous substance in sufficient quantity to reasonably indicate under all the circumstances an intent to distribute the controlled dangerous substance.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>This paragraph does not prohibit a person from hiring, soliciting, engaging, or using a minor to manufacture, deliver, or distribute a controlled dangerous substance if the manufacturing, delivering, or distributing has a lawful purpose.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person may not transport, carry, or otherwise bring a minor into the State to use the minor to violate this section or § 5-602, § 5-603, § 5-604, § 5-605, § 5-606, § 5-612, § 5-613, § 5-617, or § 5-627 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 20 years or a fine not exceeding $20,000 or both.</text>
  </level>
</section>
