69.52.020 - Definitions. - Washington Statutes

Definitions.

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.

     (1) "Controlled substance" means a substance as that term is defined in chapter 69.50 RCW.

     (2) "Distribute" means the actual or constructive transfer (or attempted transfer) or delivery or dispensing to another of an imitation controlled substance.

     (3) "Imitation controlled substance" means a substance that is not a controlled substance, but which by appearance or representation would lead a reasonable person to believe that the substance is a controlled substance. Appearance includes, but is not limited to, color, shape, size, and markings of the dosage unit. Representation includes, but is not limited to, representations or factors of the following nature:

     (a) Statements made by an owner or by anyone else in control of the substance concerning the nature of the substance, or its use or effect;

     (b) Statements made to the recipient that the substance may be resold for inordinate profit; or

     (c) Whether the substance is packaged in a manner normally used for illicit controlled substances.

     (4) "Manufacture" means the production, preparation, compounding, processing, encapsulating, packaging or repackaging, or labeling or relabeling of an imitation controlled substance.

[1982 c 171 § 3.]