★ About Drugs in Texas

  • Felony possession of marijuana requires over 4 ounces.
  • Actual care, custody, or management or control, is possession.
  • The name and address of patient, name and strength of the drug, name and address of issuing Doctor, date of issue, directions for use, federal drug enforcement number, phone number of Doctor are all required to be on a prescription drug label.
  • A drug listed in schedules I thru V, or penalty groups 1 thru 4 is a controlled substance.A drug unsafe for self medication and not included in schedules I thru V or penalty groups 1 thru 4 is a dangerous drug.
  • The plant cannabis sativa L and seeds from the cannabis sativa L plant, is considered marijuana.
  • Stalk of the cannabis sativa L plant, oil and cake made from the seed and plant, and resin extract from the cannabis sativa L plant are all NOT marijuana.
  • Felony delivery of marijuana requires over ¼ ounce.
  • To sell, dispense, or give away or supply in any manner is to deliver.
  • A person that prepares dangerous drugs in dosage forms by mixing, compounding, encapsulating, entableting, or any other process is to manufacture.
  • A drug required to bear the following warning label is a dangerous drug. “Caution: Federal Law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.”
  • Cocaine is a stimulant.
  • Heroin is a narcotic.
  • Methamphetamine is a stimulant.
  • HSC: 481.002: Opiates have an addiction forming or addiction sustaining liability similar to morphine or is capable of conversion into a drug having addiction forming or addiction sustaining liability.
  • When destroying a dangerous drug, a peace officer must act in the presence of 1 witness.
  • An employee of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy or an authorized peace officer is allowed to destroy a dangerous drug.
  • An authorized Peace Officer or an employee of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy is authorized to serve as a witness to the destruction of dangerous drugs.
  • Possession of Drug Paraphernalia is a Class C misdemeanor.
  • Delivery of Drug Paraphernalia to a person under age 18, is a State jail Felony.
  • Delivery of Drug Paraphernalia to a person 18 or older, is a Class A misdemeanor.
  • Inflection is NOT a method of drug abuse. Inhalant paraphernalia seized as a result of an offense subject to summary forfeiture.(HSC 485.037)
  • The major classifications of drug include narcotics, depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens.
  • Immediate precursor means a principal compound commonly used or produced primarily for use in the manufacture of a controlled substance.

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