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2019 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-264 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-264. Inhaling drugs or other noxious chemical substances or causing, etc., others to do so.
A. It shall be is unlawful, except under the
direction of a practitioner as defined in § 54.1-3401, for any person
deliberately to smell or inhale any drugs or any other noxious chemical
substances including but not limited to fingernail polish or model airplane
glue, containing any ketones, aldehydes, organic acetates, ether, chlorinated
hydrocarbons or vapors, with the intent to become intoxicated, inebriated,
excited, or stupefied or to dull the brain or nervous system.
Any person violating the provisions of this subsection
shall be is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
B. It shall be is unlawful for any person, other
than one duly licensed, deliberately to cause, invite, or induce any
person to smell or inhale any drugs or any other noxious chemical
substances or chemicals containing any ketone, aldehydes, organic acetates,
ether, chlorinated hydrocarbons or vapors with the intent to intoxicate,
inebriate, excite, stupefy, or to dull the brain or nervous
system of such person.
Any person violating the provisions of this subsection
shall be is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
C. For the purposes of this section, "noxious chemical substances" includes fingernail polish and model airplane glue and chemicals containing any ketones, aldehydes, organic acetates, ether, chlorinated hydrocarbons or vapors, fluorinated hydrocarbons or vapors, or hydrogenated fluorocarbons.