198 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 54

certain harmful substances which have the effect of intoxicating or
dulling the brain or nervous system.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 313A be and is hereby added to Article 27 of the An-
notated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Crimes and Punish-
ments", sub-title "Crimes and Punishments", to follow immediately
after Section 313 thereof, new sub-heading "Health—Harmful In-
halants", to read as fallows:

HEALTH—HARMFUL INHALANTS
S13A.

It is unlawful for any person

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TO deliberately
to smell or inhale such excessive quantities of any narcotics, drugs,
or any other noxious substances or chemicals containing any ketones,
aldehydes, organic acetates, ether, chlorinated hydrocarbons, or any
other substances containing solvents releasing toxic vapors, as cause
conditions of intoxication, inebriation, excitement, stupefaction or
dulling of the brain or nervous system. This section applies with
particularity to finger nail polish, model airplane glue, or any other
substance or chemical which has the aforementioned effect upon the
brain or nervous system when smelled or inhaled; PROVIDED,
THAT NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE INTER-
PRETED AS APPLYING TO THE INHALATION OF ANY
ANAESTHESIA FOR MEDICAL OR DENTAL PURPOSES.

Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $5. 00 nor
more than $25. 00 for the first offense, and not less than $10. 00 nor
more than $50. 00 for each subsequent offense.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1962.

Approved March 23, 1962.

CHAPTER 54

(Senate Bill 111)

AN ACT to add new Section 313A to Article 27 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Crimes and Punish-
ments", sub-title "Crimes and Punishments", to follow immedi-
ately after Section 313 thereof, and to be under the new sub-head-
ing "Health—Amphetamines", making it a misdemeanor to manu-
facture, possess or sell amphetamines which require a prescrip-
tion, unless such is done in the regular course of business or where
a prescription is presented, making it a misdemeanor for any
person to use amphetamine for any non-scientific or non-medici-
nal purposes, requiring manufacturers and wholesalers to make

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