LCO No. 1418 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6154 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 1418 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH Introduced by: REP. RUTIGLIANO, 123rd Dist. AN ACT PROHIBITING THE MARKETING OF OPIOID DRUGS AND DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLES OF SUCH DRUGS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to prohibit the (1) marketing 1 of opioid drugs to prescribing practitioners and patients, and (2) 2 provision of any samples of opioid drugs to prescribing practitioners. 3 Statement of Purpose: To prohibit the marketing and distribution of samples of opioid drugs.