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This law was first created in 2014. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 101<\/a> and 362<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":77846,"section_number":"54.1-3400","catch_line":"Citation","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3400\/"}],"permalink":{"id":166819,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62096,"identifier":"18.2-265.21","token":"18.2\/7\/1.3\/18.2-265.21","url":"\/18.2-265.21\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-265.21\/","token":"18.2\/7\/1.3\/18.2-265.21","dublin_core":{"Title":"Possession or distribution of unfinished dextromethorphan; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-265.21","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who distributes or possesses with the intent<\/span> to distribute unfinished dextromethorphan<\/span> who is not registered under \u00a7 510 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. \u00a7 321 et seq.) or otherwise authorized by the Drug Control Act (\u00a7 54.1-3400<\/a> et seq.) to distribute or possess unfinished dextromethorphan<\/span> is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>. This section does not apply to a common carrier that receives or possesses unfinished dextromethorphan<\/span> for the purpose of distributing such unfinished dextromethorphan<\/span> between persons registered under \u00a7 510 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. \u00a7 321 et seq.) or otherwise authorized by the Drug Control Act (\u00a7 54.1-3400<\/a> et seq.) to distribute or possess unfinished dextromethorphan<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOSSESSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF UNFINISHED DEXTROMETHORPHAN; PENALTY (\u00a7\n18.2-265.21)\n\nAny person who distributes or possesses with the intent to distribute unfinished\ndextromethorphan who is not registered under \u00a7 510 of the Federal Food, Drug,\nand Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. \u00a7 321 et seq.) or otherwise authorized by the Drug\nControl Act (\u00a7 54.1-3400 et seq.) to distribute or possess unfinished\ndextromethorphan is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. This section does not apply\nto a common carrier that receives or possesses unfinished dextromethorphan for\nthe purpose of distributing such unfinished dextromethorphan between persons\nregistered under \u00a7 510 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.\n\u00a7 321 et seq.) or otherwise authorized by the Drug Control Act (\u00a7 54.1-3400 et\nseq.) to distribute or possess unfinished dextromethorphan.\n\nHISTORY: 2014, cc. 101, 362.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}