California · Health and Safety Code - HSC

HSC §11368: Every person who forges or alters a prescription or who issues or utters an altered prescription, or who issues or utters a prescription bearing a forged or fictitious signature for any narcotic drug,

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

A person who forges, alters, or issues fake prescriptions for narcotic drugs, or obtains/possesses narcotics using such prescriptions, may be imprisoned in county jail or state prison.

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Every person who forges or alters a prescription or who issues or utters an altered prescription, or who issues or utters a prescription bearing a forged or fictitious signature for any narcotic drug, or who obtains any narcotic drug by any forged, fictitious, or altered prescription, or who has in possession any narcotic drug secured by a forged, fictitious, or altered prescription, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than six months nor more than one year, or in the state prison.

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