Section 17-999. DEFINITIONS

 

999.1When used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed:

 

Synthetic Drug – Any product possessed, provided, distributed, sold, and/or marketed with the intent that it be used as a recreational drug, such that its consumption or ingestion is intended to produce effects on the central nervous system or brain function to change perception, mood, consciousness, cognition and/or behavior in ways that are similar to the effects of marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines or Schedule 1 narcotics. Additionally, any chemically synthesized product (including products that contain both a chemically synthesized ingredient and herbal or plant material) possessed, provided, distributed, sold and/or marketed with the intent that the product produce effects substantially similar to the effects created by compounds banned by District or Federal synthetic drug laws or by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration pursuant to its authority under the Controlled Substances Act.

 

 

authority

D.C. Official Code § 47-2851.20 (2012 Repl.), Section 104 of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Civil Infractions Act of 1985, effective October 5, 1985 (D.C. Law 6-42; D.C. Official Code § 2-1801.04 (2012 Repl.)), and Mayor’s Order 99-68, dated April 28, 1999.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 12217 (November 28, 2014).