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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-64-202 (2020)

Acts prohibited

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It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, purchase, possess, have under his control, sell, prescribe, administer, dispense, or compound any narcotic drug, except as authorized in this subchapter.

History. Acts 1937, No. 344, § 2; Pope's Dig., § 10127; Acts 1965, No. 409, § 2; A.S.A 1947, § 82-1002.

Case Notes

Possession.

Mere possession of the narcotics, with certain exceptions, was unlawful, although the possession was not for the purpose of sale, barter or exchange. Starr v. State, 165 Ark. 511, 265 S.W. 54 (1924) (decision under prior law).

Cited: Perez v. State, 249 Ark. 1111, 463 S.W.2d 394 (1971); Hosto v. Brickell, 265 Ark. 147, 577 S.W.2d 401 (1979); Hales v. State, 299 Ark. 93, 771 S.W.2d 285 (1989).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1989–1989 · leading case: Hales v. State, 771 S.W.2d 285 (Ark. 1989).
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Hales v. State, 771 S.W.2d 285 (Ark. 1989). · cites it 8× “Reversed and dismissed. HICKMAN, HAYS and GLAZE, JJ.”
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