§712-1249.7 - Promoting a controlled substance through a minor. - Hawaii Statutes

     [§712-1249.7]  Promoting a controlled substance through a minor.  (1)  A person age eighteen or over commits the offense of promoting a controlled substance through a minor if the person knowingly employs, hires, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces a minor to facilitate the illegal distribution of a controlled substance.

     (2)  The offense of promoting a controlled substance through a minor is a class B felony unless the offense occurs in, on, or near the real property comprising a school, school vehicles, or public parks as prohibited under section 712-1249.6, in which case it is a class A felony. [L 2004, c 44, pt of §3]