{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-3300-a","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Public Health Law § 3300-a","heading":"Legislative purposes","body":"§ 3300-a. Legislative purposes. The purposes of this article are:\n  1. to combat illegal use of and trade in controlled substances; and\n  2. to allow legitimate use of controlled substances in health care,\nincluding palliative care; veterinary care; research and other uses\nauthorized by this article or other law; under appropriate regulation\nand subject to this article, title eight of the education law, and other\napplicable law.","path":["Public Health Law","Article 33. Controlled Substances","Title 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PBH/3300-A","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"f03e6df22499fb5797f6c4b2962b2145067503236e8c83c322675b12a9edd991","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-3300","next":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-3301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}