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N.Y. Penal Law § 220.60: Criminal possession of precursors of controlled substances

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  1. Penal Law
  2. Part 3. Specific Offenses
  3. Title M. Offenses Against Public Health and Morals
  4. Article 220. Controlled Substances Offenses

§ 220.60 Criminal possession of precursors of controlled substances.

A person is guilty of criminal possession of precursors of con-

trolled substances when, with intent to manufacture a controlled sub-

stance unlawfully, he possesses at the same time:

(a) carbamide (urea) and propanedioc and malonic acid or its

derivatives; or

(b) ergot or an ergot derivative and diethylamine or dimethyl-

formamide or diethylamide; or

(c) phenylacetone (1-phenyl-2 propanone) and hydroxylamine or ammonia

or formamide or benzaldehyde or nitroethane or methylamine.

(d) pentazocine and methyliodide; or

(e) phenylacetonitrile and dichlorodiethyl methylamine or dichlor-

odiethyl benzylamine; or

(f) diephenylacetonitrile and dimethylaminoisopropyl chloride; or

(g) piperidine and cyclohexanone and bromobenzene and lithium or

magnesium; or

(h) 2, 5-dimethoxy benzaldehyde and nitroethane and a reducing agent.

Criminal prossession of precursors of controlled substances is a class

E felony.

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