Bill Text: MA H2037 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced


Bill Title: The classification of certain controlled substances

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-05 - Reported favorably by committee and referred to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing [H2037 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2037-Introduced.html

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Viriato Manuel deMacedo

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
                Court assembled:

                The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act Relative to Controlled Substances.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Viriato Manuel deMacedo

1st Plymouth


 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act Relative to Controlled Substances.



                Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1.  Subsection (a) of Class B of Section 31 of Chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following new subdivision:

(9) Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa), or any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of kratom, and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation thereof which is chemically equivalent or identical with kratom

SECTION 2. Subsection (e) of Class C of Section 31 of Chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following items: 

(16) Salvia Divinorum

(17) Salvinorin A

(18) Catha Edulis

SECTION 3.  Section 1 of Chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, shall be amended by adding, at the end of clause 12, the following subsection:

(p) blunt wrappers

(q) rose bud smoking pipes

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