Hawaii Revised Statutes
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 330-8 (2025)
Use of certain chemical substances as inhalants unlawful
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§330-8 Use of certain chemical substances as inhalants unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person to use as an inhalant any substance, not a "food" as defined in section 328-1, which substance includes in its composition volatile organic solvents including amylacetate, trichloroethylene, and acetone or any other chemical substance, capable of producing upon inhalation any degree of intoxication; provided that this section shall not apply to any person using as an inhalant any such chemical substance pursuant to the direction of a physician. [L 1963, c 115, pt of §2; Supp, §53-5.5; HRS §330-8; am L 1998, c 11, §18]
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Intoxicating compounds, see chapter 328E.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1971–1971 · leading case: State v. Grahovac, 480 P.2d 148 (Haw. 1971).
State v. Grahovac, 480 P.2d 148 (Haw. 1971). “3 Defendant Lavin was also arrested for, and later convicted of, unlawful inhalation under HRS § 330-8, not in issue here. He was sentenced to three months’ confinement for this offense, to run consecutively with his vagrancy commitment.”
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