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300.01 Io- (6) Narcotic drug paraphernalia. Narcotic drug paraphernalia shalt include hypdermic syringe or needle or any other instrument or implement adopted fnr the use of narcotic drugs, or any stem, bowl, lamp, pipe, cigarette paper or other narcotic smoking paraphernalia or accessories used for the smoking or inhalation of narcotics as defined herein. b. Declaration of Public Nuisance. It is hereby de- clared to hi- public nuisance affecting the public peace, satety and yeneral welfare of any person, except those persons, institutions, or laboratorics as defined in Section A, paragraph 2, to have in their possession or allow on their premises any narcotic drug. C. Unlawful Acts. It shall be unlawful for any person, except those persons, institutions, or laboratories as defined in Section A, paragraph 2, to have in their possession or to allow on their premises per- sons who have possession of narcotic drugs or to allow on their premises any narcotic drug. It shall be unlawful for any person to use or allow to be used or allow on his premises narcotic drug paraphernalia with narcotics drugs. A person's premises for the purposes of this chapter shall be that real estate owned, rented or used by any person. d. Kept in Original Container. A person to whom or for whose use any narcotic drug has been prescribed, sold, or dispensed, by a physician, dentist, apothe- cary, or other person authorized under the provisions of Minnesota Statutes 616.05, and the owner or any animal for which any such drug has been prescribed, sold, or dispensed, by a veterinarian, may lawfully possess it only in the container in which it was de- livered to him by the persons selling or dispensing the samo. e. Persons F—empted. The provisions of this chapter restrictlny possession and allowing the use of narco- tic drugs on a person's premises, shall not apply to common carriers or to warehousemen, while engaged in lawfully transporting or staring such narcotic drugs, or to any employee of the same acting within the scope of tits employement; or to public officers or their employees in the performance of their official duties requiring possession or storage on their premises of narcotic drugs; or to temporary inciden- tal pOSSOSSIOn, or by persons whose posession is for r the purpose of aiding public officers in performing their official duties.