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						<section><p>This chapter may be cited as &#x201C;The <span class="dictionary">Drug</span> Control Act.&#x201D;</p></section></text><history>1970, c. 650, &#xA7; 54-524.1; 1988, c. 765.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Powell v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>132028</case_number><citation></citation><date>2015-01-08</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2782330/powell-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. PRESENT: Lemons, C.J., Goodwyn, Millette, Mims, McClanahan, .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="1"><name>Powell v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>132028</case_number><citation></citation><date>2015-01-08</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2767476/powell-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. PRESENT: Lemons, C.J., Goodwyn, Millette, Mims, McClanahan, .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="2"><name>Wright v. Com.</name><case_number>090308</case_number><citation>685 S.E.2d 655</citation><date>2009-11-05</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1058271/wright-v-com/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 685 S.E.2d 655 (2009) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="3"><name>Ryan Berkeley Allison v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>0857204</case_number><citation></citation><date>2021-08-03</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4904910/ryan-berkeley-allison-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="4"><name>Williams v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>0201102</case_number><citation>702 S.E.2d 260</citation><date>2010-12-14</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1062056/williams-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 702 S.E.2d 260 (2010) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="5"><name>Virginia Board for Branch Pilots v. Walter H. McCrory, Jr.</name><case_number>2581112</case_number><citation>60 Va. App. 373</citation><date>2012-07-10</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1061657/virginia-board-for-branch-pilots-v-walter-h-mccrory-jr/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. ANNUNZIATA, Judge. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="6"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Virginia Employment Commission v. Community Alternatives, .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>1216101</case_number><citation>705 S.E.2d 530</citation><date>2011-02-15</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1061997/virginia-employment-commission-v-community-alternatives-inc/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 705 S.E.2d 530 (2011) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="7"><name>Todd Lynn Lewis v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>0225224</case_number><citation></citation><date>2022-11-29</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9287967/todd-lynn-lewis-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="8"><name>Askew v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>2062011</case_number><citation>568 S.E.2d 403</citation><date>2002-08-20</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1064550/askew-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 568 S.E.2d 403 (2002) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="9"><name>Derrick Renard Powell v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>1825123</case_number><citation>62 Va. App. 579</citation><date>2013-11-26</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2644034/derrick-renard-powell-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. ANNUNZIATA, Judge. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
