Maine legal term
Drugs in Maine Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Maine legislative session
In Maine criminal law, “Drugs” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Maine criminal code.
What does “Drugs” mean in Maine criminal law?
"Drugs" means scheduled drugs as defined under Title 17-A, section 1101. (29-A M.R.S. § 2401)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Acquiring drugs by deception
- Aggravated furnishing of scheduled drugs
- Aggravated sex trafficking
- Aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs
- Aggravated trafficking or furnishing of counterfeit drugs
- Common nuisances; jurisdiction to abate
- Cruelty to animals
- Gross sexual assault
- Illegal importation of scheduled drugs
- Possession of firearms in an establishment licensed for on-premises consumption of liquor
- Standards for release for crime bailable as of right preconviction
- Stealing drugs
Related terms in the same statutes
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