Vermont Statutes Annotated
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 4205 (2026)
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Subchapter 001 : REGULATED DRUGS
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 4205)-
§ 4205. Acts prohibited
It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, possess, have under his or her control, sell, prescribe, administer, dispense, or compound any regulated drug, except as authorized in this chapter. (Added 1967, No. 343 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. March 23, 1968.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1978–2018 · leading case: State v. Billy Joe Putnam, 2015 VT 113, 130 A.3d 836.
State v. Billy Joe Putnam, 2015 VT 113, 130 A.3d 836. “See 18 V.S.A. § 4205 (prohibiting person from manufacturing, possessing, selling, prescribing, administering, dispensing, or compounding any regulated drug except as authorized).”
Sandra Baird & Jared Carter, 2016 VT 6, 136 A.3d 223. “§ 4201(29) (defining “regulated drug”); 18 V.S.A. § 4205 (criminalizing unauthorized possession of drugs listed in 18 V.”
State v. Willy Levitt, 2016 VT 60, 148 A.3d 204. “See 18 V.S.A. § 4205 (prohibiting person from manufacturing, possessing, selling, prescribing, administering, dispensing, or compounding any regulated drug except as authorized).”
State v. Hance, 2006 VT 97, 910 A.2d 874. “5 grams or more, 18 V.S.A. §§ 4205, 4231(a)(2), and the misdemeanor of Driving with License Suspended.”
State v. Douglas J. Finkle, Sr., 2018 VT 111, 201 A.3d 954. “The CI’s statement to Officer Tiersch that he purchased drugs after his overdose is scant evidence of his continued involvement with drugs and, without further prosecutorial investigation, could not expose him to criminal charges under 18 V.S.A. § 4205 for possession of a…”
State v. Bressette, 388 A.2d 395 (Vt. 1978). “18 V.S.A. §§ 4205, 4224. The defined crime here is one of selling, not merely of participating in a sale.”
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