CHAPTER 391

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
18.1-70.1, relating to illegal use of certain noxious substances or
chemicals.

[S 341]

Approved April 2, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
18.1-70.1, as follows:

§ 18.1-70.1. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person deliberately
to smell or inhale any drugs or any other noxious chemical substances
including but not limited to finger nail polish or model airplane glue, con-
taining any ketones, aldehydes, organic acetates, ether, chlorinated hydro-
carbons or vapors, in such excessive quantities as to cause conditions of
intoxication, inebriation, excitement, stupefaction or dulling of the brain
or nervous system.

Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor.