SPONSOR:	Rep. Briggs King & Sen. Peterson ;
	Reps. Lavelle, Hocker, Hudson, Kenton, D. Short, Wilson, Bennett, Bolden, Jaques, Mitchell; Sens. Booth, Bunting, Katz

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

146th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 30

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend § 4701, Title 16 of the Delaware Code by redesignating § 4701(37) as § 4701(38), and by adding a new § 4701(37) to read:

“ ‘Synthetic cannabinoid’ means a substance containing one or more of the following chemical compounds:

(1) JWH-015;

(2) JWH-018;

(3) JWH-019;

(4) JWH-073;

(5) JWH-081;

(6) JWH-122;

(7) JWH-200

(8) JWH-250;

(9) JWH-251;

(10) JWH-398;

(11) HU-210;

(12) HU-211;

(13) HU-308;

(14) HU-331;

(15) CP 55,940;

(16) CP 47,497 and its homologues; and

(17) WIN 55212-2.

Section 2. Amend § 4714(d) (Schedule I.), Title 16 of the Delaware Code by adding a new paragraph to read:

“(26) Synthetic cannabinoid.”.

SYNOPSIS

This bill adds synthetic cannabinoids, commonly known as “Spice,” “K2,” “Genie,” “Yucatan Fire,” “Sence,” “Smoke,” “Skunk,” and “Zohai,” to Schedule I controlled substances. The bill defines “synthetic cannabinoid.”

Chapter 47 of Title 16 lists various controlled substance schedules and uses these schedules in describing various offenses and penalties.

“At least 10 states outlawed synthetic cannabinoids this year,” according to the October/November 2010 issue of “State Legislatures.” The magazine also says that the drug “produces a high similar to marijuana and is sold in local convenience stores and over the Web.”