HARRY HUGHES, Governor                               1197

unlawful to instruct a minor in the use of unlawfully
inhaling this substance; generally relating to the use
and distribution of butyl nitrite; and declaring this
Act to be an emergency measure to take effect from the
date of its passage.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 301

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

301.

(a)   It is unlawful for any person to deliberately
smell or inhale such excessive quantities of any drugs, or
any other noxious substances or chemicals containing any
ketones, aldehydes, BUTYL NITRITE, 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 fingernail 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 interpreted as applying to the inhalation
of any anaesthesia for medical or dental purposes, and
further provided, that nothing in this section shall be
interpreted as applying to the controlled dangerous
substances as defined in this subheading.

(b)  Any person violating any provision of this section
is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is subject
to a fine not exceeding $500, or imprisonment not exceeding
six months, or both.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety
and having been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by
three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved May 14, 1979.