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| 1 | 1 | 25 LC 52 0803 | |
| 2 | 2 | Senate Bill 277 | |
| 3 | 3 | By: Senator Tillery of the 19th | |
| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | To amend Chapter 5 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to drug | |
| 7 | 7 | 1 | |
| 8 | 8 | abuse treatment and education programs, so as to revise the definition of drugs to include2 | |
| 9 | 9 | alcohol and its derivatives; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for3 | |
| 10 | 10 | other purposes.4 | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:5 | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1.6 | |
| 13 | 13 | Chapter 5 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to drug abuse7 | |
| 14 | 14 | treatment and education programs, is amended in Code Section 26-5-3, relating to8 | |
| 15 | 15 | definitions, by revising paragraph (4) as follows:9 | |
| 16 | 16 | "(4) 'Drugs' means any substance defined as a drug by federal or Georgia law or any10 | |
| 17 | 17 | other chemical substance which may be used in lieu of a drug to obtain similar effects,11 | |
| 18 | 18 | with the exception of | |
| 19 | 19 | including alcohol and its derivatives."12 | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2.13 | |
| 21 | 21 | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.14 | |
| 22 | 22 | S. B. 277 | |
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