SENATE DOCKET, NO. 739 FILED ON: 1/12/2009
SENATE .
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Steven A.
Tolman
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act
eliminate
the abuse of controlled-release
oxycodone
.
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PETIT
ION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Steven A.
Tolman
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Second Suffolk and Middlesex
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Stephen M. Brewer
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Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin
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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01135 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act TO eliminate the abuse of controlled-release
oxycodone
.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, a
s follows:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 3 the following section:-
Section 3A.
Notwithstanding sections 2 and 3, any preparation which
contains
oxycodone
, including its isomers, esters, ethers, salts and salts of isomers, esters and ethers, if manufactured so as delay absorption into the blood system, unless the preparation contains 1 or more active
nonnarcotic
ingredients in recognized t
herapeutic amounts, shall be in schedule I.
SECTION 2.
Section 31 of said chapter 94C of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting
after
line 85, the following paragraph:-
(d)
Any preparation, which contains
oxycodone
, inc
luding its isomers, esters, ethers, salts and salts of isomers, esters and ethers, if manufactured so as delay absorption into the blood system, unless the preparation contains 1 or more active
nonnarcotic
ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts.
