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Minnesota Statutes Military Affairs (Ch. 190-195) § 192A.566. Illegal presence of controlled substance while in duty status

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) A person subject to this code who, while in any duty status defined in section 190.05, subdivision 5, submits to a urinalysis test, the result of which is positive for a controlled substance described in paragraph (b), shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(b) For purposes of this section, “controlled substance” includes the following:

(1) opium, heroin, cocaine, amphetamine, lysergic acid diethylamide, methamphetamine, phencyclidine, barbituric acid, and marijuana and any compound or derivative of any such substance;

(2) any substance not specified in clause (1) that is listed on a schedule of controlled substances prescribed by the president of the United States for the purposes of the Uniform Code of Military Justice of the armed forces of the United States, United States Code, title 10, section 801 et seq.;

(3) any other substance not specified in clause (1) or contained on a list prescribed by the president of the United States under clause (2) that is listed in schedules I through V of article 202 of the Controlled Substances Act, United States Code, title 21, section 812; and

(4) any substance defined in sections 152.01 and 152.027, subdivision 6.

(c) It is an affirmative defense which may be proved by a preponderance of the evidence that the person had a valid prescription for that controlled substance and was using the controlled substance in the manner for which it was prescribed.

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