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REFERENCE TITLE: salvia divinorum; unlawful acts; defense |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature Second Regular Session 2016
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HB 2204 |
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Introduced by Representatives Meyer: Hale, Mendez
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AN ACT
amending title 13, chapter 34, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 13‑3423; relating to drug offenses.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 13, chapter 34, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 13-3423, to read:
13-3423. Unlawful selling, dispensing, distributing, furnishing, administering or giving salvia divinorum; classification; definition
A. It is unlawful for a person to sell, dispense, distribute, furnish, administer or give or offer to sell, dispense, distribute, furnish, administer or give salvia divinorum to a person who is under twenty-one years of age.
B. It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for a violation of this section that the person reasonably relied on fraudulent proof of age presented by the person who is under twenty-one years of age.
C. A person who violates this section is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
D. For the purposes of this section, "salvia divinorum" means the herb salvia divinorum, salvinorin A or divinorin A or any substance or material that contains salvia divinorum, salvinorin A or divinorin A.