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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Shanley, Phillips, Caldwell, and Finkelman | |
Date Introduced: February 26, 2025 | |
Referred To: House Health & Human Services | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 23-1 of the General Laws entitled "Department of Health" is hereby |
2 | amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 23-1-59. Public health advertising. |
4 | It should be the public policy of the state that no public health advertisement or regulation |
5 | shall explicitly or implicitly state that there is a safe way to take illegal drugs. |
6 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH | |
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1 | This act would provide that public health advertisements be prohibited from stating that |
2 | there is a safe way to take illegal drugs. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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