Florida Drug Prevention and Control Act by Derek Goldstein: ALR for Florida Criminal Possesion

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• (1) pharmacists;
• (2) practitioners;
• (3) persons who procure controlled substances in good faith and in the course of professional practice only, by or under the supervision of pharmacists or practitioners employed by them, or for the purpose of lawful research, teaching, or testing, and not for resale;
• (4) hospitals that procure controlled substances for lawful administration by practitioners, but only for use by or in the particular hospital;
• (5) officers or employees of state, federal, or local governments acting in their official capacity only, or informers acting under their jurisdiction;
• (6) common carriers;
• (7) manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributors; and
• (8) law enforcement officers for bona fide law enforcement purposes in the course of an active criminal investigation.

16B Fla. Jur 2d Criminal Law—Substantive Principles/Offenses § 1362

This annotation collects the cases which consider whether LSD,1 DMT,2 or other chemically synthesized3 hallucinogenic or psychedelic4 drugs5 may be considered or classified, or properly have been classified, as a "narcotic" or "narcotic drug" for the purposes of a drug prosecution. Cases in which the issue is whether the particular drug involved is a drug "similar to LSD," or the like, within the meaning of a statute proscribing the use, possession, manufacture, or sale of such drugs, are not included.

50 A.L.R.3d 1284 (Originally published in 1973)