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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

     

     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:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 23-1 of the General Laws entitled "Department of Health" is hereby

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amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     23-1-59. Public health advertising.

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     It should be the public policy of the state that no public health advertisement or regulation

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shall explicitly or implicitly state that there is a safe way to take illegal drugs.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

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     This act would provide that public health advertisements be prohibited from stating that

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there is a safe way to take illegal drugs.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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