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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 1 · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 2 · Establishment of schedules of drugs or other controlled substances
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 2A · Temporary placement of substance in schedule I
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 3 · Findings required for placement in schedules
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 4 · Exceptions from schedules
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 5 · Dispensing controlled substances excepted under Sec. 4
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 6 · Rules and regulations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 6A · Licensure of certain corporate entities with patients receiving opioid agonist therapy; best practice guidance for practitioners
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 7 · Registration of persons who manufacture, distribute, dispense or possess controlled substances
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 7A · Registration as participant in prescription monitoring program
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 8 · Research projects and studies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 9 · Administering and dispensing of controlled substances in course of professional practice; records, inspection
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 10 · Separate registration
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 11 · Inspection of establishments of registrants or applicants
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 12 · Issuance of registration to manufacture or distribute controlled substances
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 13 · Suspension or revocation of registration; report of criminal violations; controlled substances affected placed under embargo; forfeiture; notice to bureau
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 14 · Suspension of or refusal to renew registration pending proceedings in cases of imminent danger to public
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 15 · Record-keeping and inventory requirements; filing of DEA Form 106 with city, town and state police departments upon discovery of theft or loss of controlled substance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 16 · Distribution between registrants; order form
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 17 · Necessity of prescription for dispensing controlled substances
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 18 · Issuance of prescription by practitioner or physician
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 18A · Prerequisites for issuing outpatient extended-release long-acting opioid in a non-abuse deterring form; written pain management treatment plan for long-term pain management
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 18B · Voluntary non-opiate directive form
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 18C · Patient education required before issuance of opioid prescription
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 18D · Duty of pharmacist dispensing an opioid to inform of adverse risks and to offer to dispense opioid antagonist
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 19 · Prescription; restrictions on issuance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 19A · Emergency contraception
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 19B · Dispensing, possessing and administrating opioid antagonist
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 19C · High opiate overdose area pharmacies required to maintain continuous supply of naloxone rescue kits or opioid antagonist medications
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 19D · Supply limitations for opiate prescriptions; exception for palliative care
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 19E · Dispensing of COVID-19 control measures by licensed pharmacist under standing order
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 19F · Prescription and dispensation of hormonal contraceptive patches and self-administered oral hormonal contraceptives by registered pharmacists; rules
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 19B1/2 · Exchange of naloxone or other opioid antagonist between registered entities
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 19D1/2 · Substance use disorder treatment facility; dispense of opioid antagonist to patient or a legal guardian; promulgation of regulations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 20 · Oral prescriptions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 20A · Radiopharmaceutical drugs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 21 · Packaging and labeling by pharmacist filling prescription; distribution of educational pamphlet
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 21A · Prescriptions; prospective drug review and counseling by pharmacist
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 21B · Advertisement and sale of prescription lock boxes by pharmacies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 21C · Point of sale charge for prescription drug; limit on amount of cost-sharing payment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 22 · Contents of prescription written by practitioner
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 23 · Written or electronic prescriptions; requirements and restrictions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 24 · Dispensing by practitioner for narcotic drug research or treatment of drug dependent persons
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 24A · Electronic monitoring of the prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances and certain additional drugs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 24B · Mean and median quantity and volume of prescriptions for opiates; notification of practitioner's own percentile ranking
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 25 · Restrictions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 26 · Distribution in course of business in violation of Sec. 16 or furnishing false information in application, etc., prohibited
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 27 · Sale of hypodermic syringes or hypodermic needles
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 27A · Collection and disposal of spent non-commercially generated hypodermic needles and lancets
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 28 · Jurisdiction of superior court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 29 · Educational programs for prevention of abuse of controlled substances
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 30 · Administrative inspection of controlled premises
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 31 · Classes of controlled substances; establishment of criminal penalties for violations of this chapter
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 32 · Class A controlled substances; unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing or possession with intent to manufacture, etc.; eligibility for parole
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 32A · Class B controlled substances; unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing or possession with intent to manufacture, etc.
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 32B · Class C controlled substances; unlawful manufacturer, distribution, dispensing or possession with intent to manufacture, etc.
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 32C · Class D controlled substances; unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, cultivation or possession with intent to manufacture, etc.
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 32D · Class E controlled substances; unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, or possession with intent to manufacture, etc.
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 32E · Trafficking in marihuana, cocaine, heroin, synthetic opioids, morphine, opium, etc.; eligibility for parole
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 32F · Unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing or possession with intent to manufacture, etc. of controlled substances in Classes A to C to minors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 32G · Counterfeit substances; unlawful creation, distribution, dispensing or possession with intent to distribute or dispense
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 32H · Prosecutions not to be continued or placed on file; suspension or reduction of sentence; eligibility for parole, etc.
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 32I · Drug paraphernalia; sale, possession or manufacture with intent to sell; penalty; sale of tobacco rolling papers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 32J · Controlled substances violations in, on or near school property or public parks or playgrounds
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 32K · Inducing or abetting minor to distribute or sell controlled substances
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 32L · Possession of 2 ounces or less of marihuana; civil penalty and forfeiture; other sanctions or disqualifications prohibited
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 32M · Possession of 2 ounces or less of marihuana; drug awareness program
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 32N · Possession of one ounce or less of marihuana; enforcement consistent with non-criminal disposition provisions of Sec. 21D of Chapter 40; duty of police department; notice; failure to file certificate of completion of drug awareness program
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 32H1/2 · Good behavior deductions from sentence after serving mandatory minimum term of imprisonment; eligibility; parole; work release
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 33 · Unlawful use of registration numbers in manufacture or distribution, or fraudulently obtaining possession, of controlled substances; criminal penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 34 · Unlawful possession of particular controlled substances, including heroin and marijuana; lawful possessing, storing, analyzing, processing and testing of medical marijuana and medical marijuana-infused products by laboratories exception
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 34A · Immunity from prosecution under Sec. 34 or finding of violation of condition of probation, pretrial release or parole for persons seeking medical assistance for self or other experiencing drug-related overdose
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 34A1/2 · Person acting in good faith and within the scope of such person's role providing or assisting the provision of harm reduction services
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 35 · Repealed, 2018, 69, Sec. 60.
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 36 · Protective custody of children found present where controlled substances are unlawfully kept or possessed
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 37 · Theft of controlled substances from persons authorized to dispense or possess
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 38 · Violation of Secs. 24(a), 25, 26 or 27
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 39 · Violation of Secs. 21 or 22
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 40 · Conspiracy
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 41 · Arrest without warrant
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 42 · Cooperation with federal and other state agencies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 43 · Conformity with federal acts
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 44 · Violations of Sec. 34; acquittal, dismissal or indictment nol prossed; sealing of records
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 45 · Photographing and fingerprinting of persons charged with felony
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 46 · Repealed, 1978, 508, Sec. 1
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 47 · Forfeiture of property
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 47A · Seized controlled substances and narcotic drugs; custodian; mailing for chemical analysis; destruction or disposal upon completion of trial
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 48 · Severability
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 49 · Enforcement of Sec. 24A
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94D, § 1 · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94D, § 2 · Therapeutic research program
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94D, § 3 · Guidelines; review; reports; access to records; closed proceedings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94E, § 1 · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94E, § 2 · Financial obligations of tobacco manufacturers selling cigarettes to consumers within commonwealth
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94F, § 1 · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94F, § 2 · Annual certification; contents
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94F, § 3 · Nonresident or foreign nonparticipating manufacturers; agents in commonwealth
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94F, § 4 · Information which may be required by commissioner and attorney general
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94F, § 5 · Violations; remedies; penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94F, § 6 · Conditions for granting or renewing stamping authority; promulgation of regulations; conflicts with provisions of chapter 94E