(a) Any person over eighteen years of age who violates § 2401(a)(1) of this title by distributing, dispensing or in any other way transfers or administers a controlled substance to a person under eighteen years of age, or who in any way induces or aids to, or conspires with others to induce a person under eighteen (18) years of age, to use a controlled substance shall incur in a felony and upon conviction thereof, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section shall be punished up to twice the penalties provided in § 2401(b) of this title for the first offense, involving the same controlled substance and schedule.
(b) Any person over eighteen years of age who violates § 2401(a)(1) of this title, by distributing a controlled substance to a person under 18 years of age after a prior conviction or convictions under subsection (a) of this section shall incur in a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished up to three times that provided by § 2401(b) of this title, for a second offense involving the same controlled substance and schedule.
(c) Any person over the age of 18 who violates subsection (c)(1) of § 2411b of this title by distributing, delivering or dispensing drug paraphernalia to a person under the age of 18 shall be guilty of a separate crime, and upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay or serve double the amounts or terms provided in subsection (c)(1) of § 2411b of this title.
History —June 23, 1971, No. 4, p. 526, § 405; May 10, 1985, No. 7, p. 28, § 1; Sept. 3, 1997, No. 110, § 2, eff. 30 days after Sept. 3, 1997.