{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-47-2885.17","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 47-2885.17","heading":"Peddling drugs prohibited.","body":"It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale by peddling, or to offer for sale from house to house, or to offer for sale by public outcry, or by vending in the street, any drug, medicine, chemical, or controlled substance as defined in the District of Columbia Uniform Controlled Substances Act of 1981, or any compound or combination thereof, or any implement, appliance, or other agency for the treatment of disease, injury, or deformity; except, as may be otherwise authorized by law, no person shall throw, cast, deposit, drop, scatter, or leave, or cause to be thrown, cast, deposited, dropped, scattered, or left, any drug, medicine, chemical, or controlled substance as defined in the District of Columbia Uniform Controlled Substances Act of 1981, or any compound or combination thereof, upon any public highway or place, or, without the consent of the owner or occupant thereof, upon any premises in the District of Columbia. An offer for sale by peddling includes remaining or wandering about a public place and:\n\n(1)\nRepeatedly beckoning to, repeatedly stopping, repeatedly attempting to stop, or repeatedly attempting to engage passers-by in conversation;\n\n(2)\nRepeatedly stopping or attempting to stop motor vehicles; or\n\n(3)\nRepeatedly interfering with the free passage of other persons for the purpose of selling any controlled substance proscribed by the District of Columbia Uniform Controlled Substances Act of 1981.","path":["Title 47. Taxation, Licensing, Permits, Assessments, and Fees. [Enacted title]","Chapter 28. General License Law.","Subchapter IV. Other Licenses.","Part C. Pharmacy."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/47-2885.17","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"a89151e84098544b3d99aeedc3fe0c1140c60c233ddf296ab8ad1c0ae6a43a89","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-47-2885.16","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-47-2885.17a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}