{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-712-1249.7","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 712-1249.7","heading":"Promoting a controlled substance through a minor.","body":"(1) A person age eighteen or over commits the offense of promoting a controlled substance through a minor if the person knowingly employs, hires, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces a minor to facilitate the illegal distribution of a controlled substance.\n\n(2) The offense of promoting a controlled substance through a minor is a class B felony unless the offense occurs in, on, or near the real property comprising a school, school vehicles, or public parks as prohibited under section 712-1249.6, in which case it is a class A felony.","path":["HI Code","Division 5","Title 37","Chapter 712"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-1249_0007.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"1dfe7d88f8231c67d1cad7a739de1dc2c6858436db6fc335feeab84de58526fe","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-712-1249.6","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-712-1250"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}