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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 39 (2026)

Violation of Secs. 21 or 22

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Section 39. Any person who knowingly violates any provision of sections twenty-one or twenty-two shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than six months or by a fine of not more that fifteen hundred dollars, or by both. Whoever violates any of the provisions of said sections after one or more prior convictions of a violation of any provision of this chapter, or of a provision of prior law relating to narcotic drugs or harmful drugs as defined in said prior law shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than two years or by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars, or both.

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Cited in 1 case, 2010–2010 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Brown, 925 N.E.2d 845 (Mass. 2010).
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Commonwealth v. Brown, 925 N.E.2d 845 (Mass. 2010). “94C, § 22, is located in G. L. c. 94C, § 39; physicians who do not follow the restrictions on oral and written prescriptions set out in G.”
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