The health and safety code is the section of California statutory law that addresses health, safety, health care, environmental law, and narcotics. This section of the code defines most of the crimes related to drugs and controlled substances, including possession, sale, transportation, trafficking and manufacturing.
In the pages below, our attorneys offer in-depth legal analysis of the major health and safety code sections as they pertain to criminal law.
Health & Safety Code 1179.102 HS | California’s “Good Samaritan” Law
Health& Safety Code 109575 | Imitation Controlled Substance
Health & Safety Code 11153 HS | Misuse of Prescription Medicine
Health & Safety Code 11154(a) HS | Prescribing a Controlled Substance Without Treatment
Health & Safety Code 11156 HS | Prescribing Controlled Substances to an Addict
Health & Safety Code 11162.5 HS | Counterfeit Prescription Blanks
Health & Safety Code 11173 HS | Doctor Shopping & Prescription Fraud
Health & Safety Code 11350 HS | Possession of a Controlled Substance
Health & Safety Code 11351 HS | Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Sell
Health & Safety Code 11352 HS | Sales or Transportation of a Controlled Substance
Health & Safety Code 11355 | Substitution of an Imitation Controlled Substance
Health & Safety Code 11357 HS | Possession of Marijuana (Personal Use)
Health & Safety Code 11357a HS | Possession of Concentrated Cannabis
Health & Safety Code 11357(c) | Possession of Marijuana on School Grounds
Health & Safety Code 11357.5 HS | Sale of Synthetic Marijuana / Cannabis
Health & Safety Code 11358 HS | Cultivating Marijuana
Health & Safety Code 11359 HS | Possession of Marijuana (Intent to Sell)
Health & Safety Code 11360 HS | Selling Marijuana
Health & Safety Code 11361 HS | Selling Marijuana to a Minor
Health & Safety Code 11362.3 HS | Marijuana Offenses
Health & Safety Code 11362.5 HS | Medical Marijuana — The Compassionate Use Act
Health & Safety Code 11362.7 HS | Definition of Terms Used with Medical Marijuana Program
Health & Safety Code 11363 HS | Cultivating Peyote
Health & Safety Code 11364 | Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Health & Safety Code 11365 HS | Being Present During Controlled Substance Use
Health & Safety Code 11366 HS | Operating a Drug House
Health & Safety Code 11366.8 HS | Concealing Drugs in a False Compartment
Health & Safety Code 11368 HS | Altering or Forging a Prescription
Health & Safety Code 11370.1 HS | Possession of a Controlled Substance While Armed
Health & Safety Code 11370.4 HS | Drug Crime Enhancements
Health & Safety Code 11370.9 | Money Laundering
Health & Safety Code 11375 HS | Benzodiazepine Drugs
Health & Safety Code 11375.5 HS | Synthetic Stimulants
Health & Safety Code 11377 HS | Possession of Methamphetamine
Health & Safety Code 11378 HS | Possession for Sale of Methamphetamine
Health & Safety Code 11379 HS | Sale or Transportation of Methamphetamine
Health & Safety Code 11379.6 HS | Manufacturing Drugs, Narcotics, Controlled Substances
Health & Safety Code 11383 HS | Possessing Materials for Manufacturing PCP
Health & Safety Code 11383.5 HS | Possessing Materials for Manufacturing Methamphetamine
Health & Safety Code 11550 HS | Under the Influence of Drugs
Health & Safety Code 12085 HS | Possessing, Making or Transporting Explosives
Health & Safety Code 12702 HS | Furnishing Dangerous Fireworks to a Minor
Heath & Safety Code 42400 HS | Air Pollution Control Laws
Health & Safety Code 109575 HS | Sale of an Imitation Controlled Substance
Health & Safety Code 114087 HS | Mislabeling of Food
Health & Safety Code 120275 HS | Violation of a Quarantine or Disinfection Order
Health & Safety Code 120290 HS | Willful Exposure to an Infectious Disease
Health & Safety Code 120291 HS | Intentional Transmission of HIV or Aids
Health & Safety Code 122335 HS | Unlawful Tethering of a Dog