Authorized distribution

§ 3320. Authorized distribution. 1. Controlled substances may be lawfully distributed within this state only to licensed distributors or manufacturers, practitioners, pharmacists, pharmacies, institutional dispensers, registered outsourcing facilities, and laboratory, research or instructional facilities authorized by law to possess the particular substance distributed. 2. A person authorized to obtain a controlled substance by distribution may lawfully receive such substance only from a distributor licensed pursuant to this article.