HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 218        FILED ON: 1/13/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 526

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Daniel K. Webster

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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 adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to controlled substances.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Daniel K. Webster

6th Plymouth

1/13/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 218        FILED ON: 1/13/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 526

By Mr. Webster of Pembroke, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 526) of Daniel K. Webster for legislation to include certain compounds in the classification of controlled substances.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1789 OF 2009-2010.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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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, shall be amended by inserting the following item:-

(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, shall be amended by inserting the following items:-

(16) Salvia Divinorum;

(17) Salvinorin A;

(18) Catha Edulis.

SECTION 3.  Subsection (12) of the definition of “Drug paraphernalia” under Section 1 of Chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, shall be amended by adding the following items:-

(p) blunt wrappers;

(q) rose bud smoking pipes.