New Jersey legal term
Dispense in New Jersey Criminal Law
Current through 2026 New Jersey legislative session
In New Jersey criminal law, “Dispense” 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 New Jersey criminal code.
What does “Dispense” mean in New Jersey criminal law?
"Dispense" means to deliver a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog to an ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including the prescribing, administering, packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for that delivery. (N.J.S.A. 2C:35-2)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Booby traps in manufacturing or distribution facilities; fortified premises
- Crimes relative to synthetic cannabinoid; degree
- Criminalization, degree of crime
- Distribute, dispense or possess with intent to distribute or manufacture, crime of fourth degree
- Employer requiring lie detector test
- Leader of Narcotics Trafficking Network
- Manufacturing, distributing or dispensing
- Manufacturing, etc. flunitrazepam; penalties
- Strict Liability for Drug-Induced Deaths
- Tampering, degree of offense; sentencing requirements
Related terms in the same statutes
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