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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="21-2F-03" title_number="21" title_name="Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics" subtitle_number="2F" subtitle_name="Phenibut Consumer Protection Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A retailer may not directly or indirectly advertise a therapeutic benefit of phenibut.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A retailer may not directly or indirectly advertise or market phenibut products to minors.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>It is a violation of subsection (b) of this section for a retailer to use any of the following in the advertising, promotion, packaging, or labeling of a phenibut product:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A cartoon;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A superhero;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A video game reference;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>An image of a food product primarily intended for minors;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A trademark that imitates or mimics the trademark of a product that has been advertised or marketed primarily to minors;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>A symbol or celebrity that is primarily associated with minors or media primarily directed to minors;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>An image of an individual who appears to be under the age of 27 years; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Other images, graphics, or features or likenesses to images, graphics, or features that are popularly used to advertise to children, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Neon colors, signs, or other brightly colored displays;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Animals;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Mascots; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Statements, artwork, or designs that could reasonably mislead an individual to believe that the package contains anything other than a phenibut product.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>It is a violation of subsection (b) of this section for a retailer to advertise or promote a phenibut product:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>In a newspaper, a magazine, a periodical, or any other publication for which individuals under the age of 21 years constitute 15% or more of the total audience, as measured by competent and reliable survey evidence;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At a concert, a stadium, a sporting event, or any other public event for which individuals under the age of 21 years constitute 15% or more of the total audience, as measured by competent and reliable survey evidence; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>By placing an advertisement for phenibut on the side of a building or another publicly visible location of any form, including a sign, a poster, a placard, a device, a graphic display, an outdoor billboard, or a freestanding signboard.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A retailer that violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000, imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.</text>
  </level>
</section>
