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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="5-708" title_number="5" title_name="Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Prescription Drugs and Other Substances">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section applies to fingernail polish, model airplane glue, or any other substance that causes intoxication, inebriation, excitement, stupefaction, or dulling of the brain or nervous system when smelled or inhaled.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the inhalation of anaesthesia for medical or dental purposes; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>controlled dangerous substances.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person may not deliberately smell or inhale a substance listed in paragraph (2) of this subsection in an amount that causes intoxication, excitement, stupefaction, or dulling of the brain or nervous system.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This section applies to a drug or any other noxious substance or chemical that contains:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an aldehyde;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>butane;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>butyl nitrite;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a chlorinated hydrocarbon;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>ether;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>a fluorinated hydrocarbon;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>a ketone;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>methyl benzene;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>nitrous oxide;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>an organic acetate; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xi">
        <text>another substance containing solvents releasing toxic vapors.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.</text>
  </level>
</section>
