Section 21a-257 - (Formerly Sec. 19-464). Person receiving narcotic drug to keep it in original container. Exceptions. Class D misdemeanor(a) A person to whom or for whose use any narcotic drug has been prescribed, sold or dispensed by a physician, dentist, pharmacist or other person authorized under the provisions of section 21a 248, and the owner of any animal for which any such drug has been prescribed, sold or dispensed may lawfully possess it only in the container in which it was delivered to the recipient by the person selling or dispensing the same except as may be authorized by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.(b) Any person who fails to keep such narcotic drug in the original container as provided in subsection (a) of this section, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.(c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to any person who in good faith places such narcotic drug in either a (1) pill box, case or organizer stored within such person's residence, or (2) secured or locked pill box, case or organizer, provided such pill box, case or organizer is accompanied by proof of such person's prescription.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 21a-257
(1967, P.A. 555, S. 20; 1969, P.A. 753, S. 15; P.A. 99-102, S. 37.)
Amended by P.A. 21-0102,S. 19 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2021. Annotations to former section 19-464: Defendant held to have burden of proving he had drug in container in which it was delivered to him by person dispensing it. 148 C. 57. Cited. 7 Conn.App. 403. Cited. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 584. Annotation to present section: Section is not unconstitutionally vague as applied due to lack of notice and arbitrary enforcement despite the lack of intent or knowledge requirement in language of section, or the doctrine of desuetude, because the record is devoid of evidence that section has been openly, notoriously and pervasively violated without prosecution for a long period of time or that there has been a conspicuous policy of nonenforcement. 129 CA 239.