Assembly Bill A10296

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Prohibits sale of synthetic marijuana and provides defense for sale in certain circumstances

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A10296 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3302, 3306 & 3308, Pub Health L; amd §§220.00, 220.06, 220.09 & 220.34, add §220.79, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A2866
2015-2016: A4579, A9944

2011-A10296 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits sale of synthetic marijuana and provides defense for sale in certain circumstances.

2011-A10296 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10296

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 18, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. CLARK, CALHOUN, COLTON, TOBACCO, CONTE, GRAF,
  TITUS,  FINCH,  BARRETT,  RA,  BURLING,  SWEENEY,  McDONOUGH,  THIELE,
  CUSICK, GUNTHER, GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Health

AN  ACT to amend the public health law and the penal law, in relation to
  controlled substances and to provide a defense for  sale  or  adminis-
  tration of synthetic cannabinoids in certain circumstances

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 3302 of the public health law,  as
added  by  chapter  878 of the laws of 1972 and as renumbered by chapter
537 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
  4. "Concentrated Cannabis" means
  [(a)] the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from  a
plant of the genus Cannabis[; or
  (b)  a  material,  preparation,  mixture,  compound or other substance
which contains more than two and one-half percent by weight  of  delta-9
tetrahydrocannabinol,  or  its  isomer,  delta-8  dibenzopyran numbering
system, or delta-1 tetrahydrocannabinol or its isomer, delta 1 (6) mono-
terpene numbering system].
  S 2. Subdivisions 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40 of section 3302 of
the public health law are renumbered subdivisions 34, 35,  36,  37,  38,
39, 40 and 41 and a new subdivision 33 is added to read as follows:
  33.  "SYNTHETIC  CANNABINOID" MEANS ANY MATERIAL, COMPOUND, MIXTURE OR
PREPARATION CONTAINING ANY QUANTITY OF:
  (A) CP 47,497 AND HOMOLOGUES: 2-5-(2-METHYLOCTAN-2-YL)PHENOL;
  (B) HU-210;
  (C)    HU-211:     (DEXANABINOL,     (6AS,     10AS)-9-(HYDROXYMETHYL)
-6,6-DIMETHYL-3- (2-METHYLOCTAN-2-YL)-6A,7,10, 10A-TETRAHYDROBENZO CHRO-
MEN-1-OL);
  (D) JWH-O18: 1-PENTYL-3-(1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE; OR
  (E) JWH-O73: 1-BUTYL-3-(1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE.
  IT  DOES  NOT INCLUDE ANY PRODUCTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR MEDICAL
USE BY THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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