§ 22-160. Controlled substances—Narcotics paraphernalia.

(a)

Definition. Controlled substances are deemed to be and are described as defined in Article 7 of Public Act No. 368 of 1978 (MCL 333.7101 et seq.).

(b)

Possession. No person shall at any time have or possess a hypodermic syringe or needle or any other instrument or implement adapted for the use of controlled substances by subcutaneous injection or intracutaneous injection or any other manner or method of introduction and which is possessed for that purpose, unless such possession is authorized by the certificate of a licensed medical doctor or osteopathic physician issued within the period of one year; provided that the prohibition contained in this subsection shall not apply to manufacturers, wholesalers, jobbers, licensed medical technicians, technologists, nurses, hospitals, research teaching institutions, clinical laboratories, medical doctors, osteopathic physicians, dentists, chiropodists, veterinarians, pharmacists and embalmers in the normal legal course of their respective business or profession, nor to persons suffering from diabetes, asthma or any other medical condition requiring self-injection.

(c)

Misrepresentation of a controlled substance. Any fraud, scheme, device, trick, deceit, misrepresentation, subterfuge or any other form of concealment for the purpose of obtaining money or any other thing of value by the sale, furnishing, supplying or giving away of any substance represented to be a controlled substance, as described in subsection (a) of this section, when the same may or may not be the same, shall be deemed a violation of this section.

(d)

Frequenting prohibited. No person shall loiter about, frequent or live in any building, apartment, store, automobile, boat, boathouse, airplane or other place of any description whatsoever where controlled substances, hypodermic syringes, needles or other instruments or implements or empty gelatin capsules are used, sold, dispensed, furnished, given away, stored or kept illegally.

(Code 1975, § 11-13; Ord. No. 197, §§ 1—5, 6-20-1974)