Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-146 (2026)
False representation of prescription or legend drug; penalty
✓ current as of July 2026
- (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, produce, manufacture or possess with the intent to sell, produce, manufacture, distribute or dispense any substance which is falsely represented to be a prescription or legend drug or a controlled substance.
- (2) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a law enforcement officer acting in the course and scope of his employment or to a medical practitioner, pharmacist or other person authorized to dispense or administer controlled substances.
- (3) Any person who violates this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony and may be punished by confinement in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than five (5) years or by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
Laws, 1982, ch. 415; Laws, 2009, ch. 532, § 1; Laws, 2012, ch. 424, § 1, eff. 7/1/2012.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 2001–2018 · leading case: Green v. State, 884 So. 2d 733 (Miss. 2004).
Green v. State, 884 So. 2d 733 (Miss. 2004). “In keeping with his theory of the case, Green wanted to instruct the jury that it could find him guilty of the offense of selling "fake" cocaine, pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-146 (l) (Supp.2003).”
United States v. Crittenden, 372 F.3d 706 (5th Cir. 2004). “1(A); Miss.Code Ann. § 41-29-146. Under Texas law, a “simulated controlled substance” is defined as “a substance that is purported to be a controlled substance, but is chemically different from the controlled substance it is purported to *713 be.”
Eddie Dwayne Hollingsworth v. State of Mississippi, 269 So. 3d 456 (Miss. Ct. App. 2018). “See Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-139 (a)(1) ; Miss.”
Green v. State, 856 So. 2d 396 (Miss. Ct. App. 2003). “Miss.Code Ann. § 41-29-139 (Rev.2001). Green claims that he was, at most, guilty of selling a fake rock of cocaine, in violation of Miss.”
Michael Green v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 2001). “Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-139 (Rev. 2001). Green claims that he was, at most, guilty of selling a fake rock of cocaine, in violation of Miss.”
Michael Green v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 2001). “In keeping with his theory of the case, Green wanted to instruct the jury that it could find him guilty of the offense of selling "fake" cocaine, pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-146 (1) (Supp. 2003).”
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