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Statutes > Alabama > Title13A > Chapter12 > 13A-12-212Section 13A-12-212
Unlawful possession or receipt of controlled substances.
(a) A person commits the crime of unlawful possession of controlled substance if:
(1) Except as otherwise authorized, he possesses a controlled substance enumerated in Schedules I through V.
(2) He obtains by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation or subterfuge or by the alteration of a prescription or written order or by the concealment of a material fact or by the use of a false name or giving a false address, a controlled substance enumerated in Schedules I through V.
(b) Unlawful possession of a controlled substance is a Class C felony.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-603, p. 1047, §3.)