{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16a-12-1","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 16A-12-1","heading":"Criminal diversion of medical cannabis by practitioners.","body":"In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a practitioner who intentionally and knowingly certifies a person as being able to lawfully receive medical cannabis or who otherwise provides medical cannabis to a person who is not lawfully permitted to receive medical cannabis, is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in a state correctional facility for not less than one nor more than five years.","path":["CHAPTER 16A. MEDICAL CANNABIS ACT.","ARTICLE 12. OFFENSES RELATED TO MEDICAL CANNABIS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/16A-12-1/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:23:47Z","sha256":"f583f00e048dd1be90f6d73124521c1b90f52e3c5759948aea51000b566dfbba","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16a-11-2","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16a-12-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}