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FISCAL YEAR 1970 THE SUM OF NINE MILLION FIVE HUN-
DRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($9,500,000). FROM THE SHARE
OF FUNDS WHICH MAY BE ALLOCATED TO BALTIMORE
COUNTY PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE SUM OF ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($150,000)
SHALL BE ALLOCATED AND APPROPRIATED FOR THE
DUNDALK-ST. HELENA BUFFER PARK (BALTIMORE
COUNTY), CONTINGENT UPON THE PROVIDING FOR THE
SAME PROJECT OF (1) A SUM OF NOT LESS THAN
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($300,000) FROM
AN AGENCY OR AGENCIES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT AND (2) A SUM OF NOT LESS THAN ONE HUN-
DRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($150,000) FROM
AN AGENCY OR AGENCIES OF ONE OR MORE POLITICAL
SUBDIVISIONS OF THE STATE.

Sec. 8 13. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved May 2, 1969.

CHAPTER 404
(House Bill 1257)

AN ACT to add new Article 43B to the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1968 Supplement), to follow immediately after Article 43A
thereof, and to be under the new title "Comprehensive Drug Abuse
Control and Rehabilitation Act," to create the Comprehensive
Drug Abuse Control and Rehabilitation Act to combat effect THE
EFFECTS of all forms of drug abuse through a statewide pro-
gram of education, treatment and rehabilitation and to repeal
Section 306B of Article 27, and all other sections of the Annotated
Code which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Article 43B be and it is hereby added to the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1968 Supplement), to follow immediately after
Article 43A thereof, and to be under the new title "Comprehensive
Drug Abuse Control and Rehabilitation Act," and to read as follows:

Comprehensive Drug Abuse Control and Rehabilitation Act
1. Declaration of Purpose.

The Legislature finds and determines, based in part upon the report
of the Maryland Commission to Study the Problems of Drug Addic-
tion, as follows:

(a) The human suffering and social and economic loss caused by
all forms of drug abuse are matters of grave concern to the people of
the State. The magnitude of the cost to the people of the State for
police, judicial, penal and medical care purposes, directly and in-
directly caused by drug abuse, makes it imperative that a compre-
hensive program to combat the effects of drug abuse be developed