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All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.14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