[Text of section applicable as provided by 2018, 69, Sec. 238.]
Section 32A. (a) Any person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures, distributes, dispenses or possesses with intent to manufacture, distribute or dispense a controlled substance in Class B of section 31 shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 10 years, or in a jail or house of correction for not more than 2.5 years, or by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000, or both such fine and imprisonment.
(b) Any person convicted of violating this section after 1 or more prior convictions of manufacturing, distributing, dispensing or possessing with the intent to manufacture, distribute or dispense a controlled substance as defined by section 31 under this or any other prior law of this jurisdiction or of any offense of any other jurisdiction, federal, state or territorial, which is the same as or necessarily includes the elements of said offense shall be punished by a term of imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 10 years, by a term of imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 10 years and by a fine of not less than $2,500 and not more than $25,000, or by a fine of not more than $25,000.
(c) Any person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures, distributes, dispenses or possesses with intent to manufacture, distribute or dispense phencyclidine or a controlled substance defined in clause (4) of paragraph (a) or in clause (2) of paragraph (c) of Class B of section 31 shall be punished by a term of imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 10 years, a term of imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 10 years and a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $10,000, by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than 2.5 years, by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than 2.5 years and a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $10,000, or by a fine of not more than $10,000.
(d) Any person convicted of violating the provisions of subsection (c) after 1 or more prior convictions of manufacturing, distributing, dispensing or possessing with the intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance, as defined in section 31 or of any offense of any other jurisdiction, either federal, state or territorial, which is the same as or necessarily includes, the elements of said offense, shall be punished by a term of imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 15 years, a term of imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 15 years and a fine of not less than $2,500 nor more than $25,000 or a fine of not more than $25,000.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XV - Regulation of Trade
Chapter 94c - Controlled Substances Act
Section 2 - Establishment of Schedules of Drugs or Other Controlled Substances
Section 2a - Temporary Placement of Substance in Schedule I
Section 3 - Findings Required for Placement in Schedules
Section 4 - Exceptions From Schedules
Section 5 - Dispensing Controlled Substances Excepted Under Sec. 4
Section 6 - Rules and Regulations
Section 7a - Registration as Participant in Prescription Monitoring Program
Section 8 - Research Projects and Studies
Section 10 - Separate Registration
Section 11 - Inspection of Establishments of Registrants or Applicants
Section 12 - Issuance of Registration to Manufacture or Distribute Controlled Substances
Section 16 - Distribution Between Registrants; Order Form
Section 17 - Necessity of Prescription for Dispensing Controlled Substances
Section 18 - Issuance of Prescription by Practitioner or Physician
Section 18b - Voluntary Non-Opiate Directive Form
Section 18c - Patient Education Required Before Issuance of Opioid Prescription
Section 19 - Prescription; Restrictions on Issuance
Section 19a - Emergency Contraception
Section 19b - Dispensing, Possessing and Administrating Opioid Antagonist
Section 19b1/2 - Exchange of Naloxone or Other Opioid Antagonist Between Registered Entities
Section 19d - Supply Limitations for Opiate Prescriptions; Exception for Palliative Care
Section 20 - Oral Prescriptions
Section 20a - Radiopharmaceutical Drugs
Section 21a - Prescriptions; Prospective Drug Review and Counseling by Pharmacist
Section 21b - Advertisement and Sale of Prescription Lock Boxes by Pharmacies
Section 22 - Contents of Prescription Written by Practitioner
Section 23 - Written or Electronic Prescriptions; Requirements and Restrictions
Section 27 - Sale of Hypodermic Syringes or Hypodermic Needles
Section 28 - Jurisdiction of Superior Court
Section 29 - Educational Programs for Prevention of Abuse of Controlled Substances
Section 30 - Administrative Inspection of Controlled Premises
Section 32k - Inducing or Abetting Minor to Distribute or Sell Controlled Substances
Section 32m - Possession of 2 Ounces or Less of Marihuana; Drug Awareness Program
Section 37 - Theft of Controlled Substances From Persons Authorized to Dispense or Possess
Section 38 - Violation of Secs. 24(a), 25, 26 or 27
Section 39 - Violation of Secs. 21 or 22
Section 41 - Arrest Without Warrant
Section 42 - Cooperation With Federal and Other State Agencies
Section 43 - Conformity With Federal Acts
Section 45 - Photographing and Fingerprinting of Persons Charged With Felony