Md. Code, Criminal Law § 8-902

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(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Drug” means a drug, medicine, or a medicinal or chemical preparation for internal human consumption. (3) “Prepare” means to make, mix, manufacture, or compound. (b) A person who is engaged in the business of preparing or dispensing a drug for internal human consumption may not prepare, dispense, sell, or deliver the drug to a person directly or through an agent or employee if: (1) ethyl alcohol is usually used to prepare the drug; and (2) the preparer, or the preparer’s agent or employee, in any manner uses or substitutes methyl alcohol for ethyl alcohol, or puts methyl alcohol into the drug. (c) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment for not less than 3 months and not exceeding 1 year or a fine of not less than $100 and not exceeding $500 or both.

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