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NRS 454.311: Fraudulent possession of dangerous drug or prescription; false or altered prescription; penalty.

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  1. TITLE 40 — PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
  2. CHAPTER 454 - POISONS; DANGEROUS DRUGS AND HYPODERMICS
  3. DANGEROUS DRUGS AND HYPODERMIC DEVICES
  4. Dangerous Drugs

1. A person, other than a peace officer or inspector of the Board in the performance of his or her official duty, who knowingly or intentionally obtains or attempts to obtain possession of a dangerous drug or a prescription for a dangerous drug by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, subterfuge or alteration is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

2. A person who knowingly has in his or her possession any false, fictitious, forged or altered prescription for a dangerous drug is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

3. A person who knowingly:

(a) Receives any dangerous drug from, or has in his or her possession or under his or her control any dangerous drug obtained by, another person as a result of any forged, false, fictitious or altered prescription; or

(b) Fills a prescription which is not genuine,

Ê is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

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