Health And Safety Code § 11364

Possession of opium pipe or paraphernalia for unlawfully injecting or smoking controlled substance; Application to hypodermic needles or syringes

(a) It is unlawful to possess an opium pipe or any device, contrivance, instrument, or paraphernalia used for unlawfully injecting or smoking (1) a controlled substance specified in subdivision (b), (c), or (e) or paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 11054, specified in paragraph (14), (15), or (20) of subdivision (d) of Section 11054, specified in subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 11055, or specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 11055, or (2) a controlled substance that is a narcotic drug classified in Schedule III, IV, or V.

(b) This section shall not apply to hypodermic needles or syringes that have been containerized for safe disposal in a container that meets state and federal standards for disposal of sharps waste.

(c) Until January 1, 2026, as a public health measure intended to prevent the transmission of HIV, viral hepatitis, and other bloodborne diseases among persons who use syringes and hypodermic needles, and to prevent subsequent infection of sexual partners, newborn children, or other persons, this section shall not apply to the possession solely for personal use of hypodermic needles or syringes.

History

Added Stats 1972 ch 1407 § 3. Amended Stats 1973 ch 1078 § 14, effective October 1, 1973; Stats 1975 ch 248 § 6; Stats 1983 ch 790 § 9; Stats 1984 ch 1635 § 56; Stats 1986 ch 1044 § 9; Stats 1990 ch 544 § 1 (SB 2028), ch 1664 § 4 (AB 2645); Stats 2004 ch 608 § 4 (SB 1159); Stats 2010 ch 667 § 2 (AB 1701), effective January 1, 2011; Stats 2011 ch 296 § 152 (AB 1023), effective January 1, 2012, ch 738 § 10 (SB 41) (ch 738 prevails), effective January 1, 2012; Stats 2012 ch 162 § 86 (SB 1171), effective January 1, 2013; Stats 2014 ch 331 § 8 (AB 1743), effective January 1, 2015; Stats 2020 ch 274 § 4 (AB 2077), effective January 1, 2021.

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