South Dakota legal term
Controlled drug or substance in South Dakota Criminal Law
Current through 2026 South Dakota legislative session
In South Dakota criminal law, “Controlled drug or substance” 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 South Dakota criminal code.
What does “Controlled drug or substance” mean in South Dakota criminal law?
(1) "Controlled drug or substance," a drug or substance, or an immediate precursor of a drug or substance, listed in Schedules I through IV. (SDCL § 22-42-1)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Unauthorized ingestion of controlled drug or substance
- Driver under age of twenty-one operating vehicle after alcohol or drug consumption
- Inhabiting room where controlled substances illegally stored or used as misdemeanor
- Intentional distribution of Schedule I or II substance without order form as felony
- Intentional use of unauthorized registration number as felony
- Manufacture, distribution, or possession of equipment for making counterfeit controlled substance as felony
- Obtaining possession of controlled substance by theft, misrepresentation, forgery, or fraud
- Prescription required to dispense Schedule III or Schedule IV substance
- Unauthorized manufacture or distribution by registrant prohibited
- Unauthorized possession of controlled drug or substance as felony
- Written prescription required to dispense Schedule II substance
- Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting or possession of Schedule III substances as felony
Related terms in the same statutes
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