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Attorney General Opinion No.

Kansas Attorney General Reports

Decided September 15, 1998Published

1Opinion of the Court

The Honorable Nancy A. Kirk State Representative, 56th District 932 Frazier Topeka, Kansas 66606

Dear Representative Kirk:

You request our opinion concerning whether needle exchange programs operated by human service agencies violate Kansas drug paraphernalia laws or any other drug law.

K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 65-4153 prohibits any person from possessing with intent to deliver or causing to be delivered any drug paraphernalia under circumstances where one reasonably should know that it will be used to use, inject or otherwise introduce a controlled substance into the human body. Hypodermic needles are…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Spokane County Health District v. BrockettWashington Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Commonwealth v. LenoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
  3. City of Wichita v. TilsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1993
  4. People v. BordowitzCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1991
  5. State v. RiedlCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1991

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