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§712-1249.7
Promoting a controlled substance through a minor
Drugs & vice · Chapter 712 — Offenses Against Public Health and Morals · Part IV. Offenses Related to Drugs and Intoxicating
(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]
No Hawaiʻi pattern jury instruction (HAWJIC) has been published for this offense — prove each statutory element above on its own terms.