PETITION OF:

By Messrs. deMacedo of Plymouth and Webster of Hanson, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4434) of Viriato Manuel deMacedo and Daniel K. Webster for legislation to include certain compounds in the classification of controlled substances. Public Health.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act relative to Controlled Substances

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

AN ACT Relative to Controlled Substances

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Subsection (a) of Class B of Section 31 of Chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, shall be amended by inserting the following item:

(9) Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa), or any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of kratom, and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation thereof which is chemically equivalent or identical with kratom

SECTION 2. Subsection (e) of Class C of Section 31 of Chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, shall be amended by inserting the following items:

(16) Salvia Divinorum

(17) Salvinorin A

(18) Catha Edulis

SECTION 3. Subsection (12) of the definition of “Drug paraphernalia” under Section 1 of Chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, shall be amended by adding the following items:

(p) blunt wrappers

(q) rose bud smoking pipes