STATE OF NEW YORK
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6176
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 3, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Substance
Use Disorders
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to including mask-
ing products within the definition of drug-related paraphernalia
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 850 of the gener-
2 al business law, as amended by chapter 433 of the laws of 2021, and
3 subparagraph (vii) as separately amended by chapters 92 and 433 of the
4 laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
5 (a) "Drug-related paraphernalia" consists of the following objects
6 used for the following purposes:
7 (i) Kits, used or designed for the purpose of planting, propagating,
8 cultivating, growing or harvesting of any species of plant which is a
9 controlled substance or from which a controlled substance can be
10 derived;
11 (ii) Kits, used or designed for the purpose of manufacturing,
12 compounding, converting, producing, or preparing controlled substances;
13 (iii) Isomerization devices, used or designed for the purpose of
14 increasing the potency of any species of plant which is a controlled
15 substance;
16 (iv) Scales and balances, used or designed for the purpose of weighing
17 or measuring controlled substances;
18 (v) Diluents and adulterants, including but not limited to quinine
19 hydrochloride, mannitol, mannite, dextrose and lactose, used or designed
20 for the purpose of cutting controlled substances;
21 (vi) [and
22 (vii)] Objects, used or designed for the purpose of ingesting, inhal-
23 ing, or otherwise introducing cocaine into the human body; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (vii) Masking products, including but not limited to synthetic urine,
2 human urine, a substance used or designed to be added to human urine or
3 a substance used or designed to be added to a chemical test, used for
4 the purpose of defrauding a chemical test which is used to determine the
5 alcoholic and/or drug content of the blood.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
