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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 222

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved April 22, 1980.

CHAPTER 223

(House Bill 1440)

AN ACT concerning

Crimes and Punishments - Smelling or Inhaling Drugs

FOR the purpose of including methyl benzene in the list of
noxious chemical substances which are unlawful to smell
or inhale.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 301(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1979 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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, METHYL BENZENE, 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.