repeals offense of using controlled paraphernalia to administer a controlled dangerous substance HB261 / SB110 - Places unpaid child support after family allowances and before taxes due by the decedent in priorities of an estate of a decedent with insufficient assets to pay all claims in full HB268 / SB981 - Prohibits a hospital from filing a civil action to collect debt against a patient under specified circumstances and increases the number of days, from 180 to 240, before interest payments on medical debt may be assessed or a hospital is authorized to take civil action to collect debt HB273 - Prohibits a landlord for residential leases from charging a penalty for the late payment of rent that exceeds 5% of the amount of unpaid rent due for the rental period for which the payment was delinquent HB286 / SB266 - Replaces the 12 visions that a local planning commission must implement through a local jurisdictions comprehensive plan with 8 planning principles HB288 / SB210 - Increases the maximum duration - from 180 days to 300 days of a Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) emergency status determination (which allows MDTA to adopt temporary adjustments to tolls, fees, mileage rate ranges, pricing periods, toll zones, or other charges without meeting specified public notice and comment requirements) HB302 - Adds adult protective services workers and child welfare caseworkers to list of occupations that states attorneys must conduct a review and issue recommendations of criminal allegations before any criminal charges can be filed HB309 / SB326 - Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the disclosure of the contents of any written or oral communication regarding a peer support interaction by a peer support specialist or a peer support program participant provided for a law enforcement agency HB313 / SB54 - Makes permanent a requirement for the Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) to make available specially designed vintage reproduction registration plates
Reductions of this magnitude are rare in addiction medicine and whats remarkable is that the finding came from drugs initially designed for diabetes, later repurposed for obesity and never intended to treat addiction
May 28, 2002
This product is called a tobacco product, but in the eyes of a 4-year-old the pellets look more like candy than a regular cigarette
New Yorker Magazine, 846 F.2d 249, 253 (1988) (same)
