A. No person shall sell glue to any person under eighteen years of age. A New Mexico driver's license shall be prima facie proof of age.
B. Wholesale distributors of glue shall make available to the health services division of the health and environment department [department of health] and to law enforcement agencies of the state, county and municipality during business hours their records of all sales to retailers of glue.
C. As used in this section, "glue" means what is commonly referred to as plastic or model airplane cement and includes any cement containing hexane, benzene, toluene, xylene, carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, ethylene dichloride, acetone, cyclohexanone, methyl ethyl ketone, methylisobutyl ketone, amyl acetate, butyl acetate, ethyl acetate, tricresyl phosphate, butyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol or methylcellosolve acetate.
D. Any person violating any provision of this section is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
History: 1953 Comp., § 12-3-40, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 23, § 1; 1977, ch. 253, § 24; 1979, ch. 82, § 2.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 16 repealed former 9-7-4 NMSA 1978, relating to the health and environment department, and enacted a new 9-7-4 NMSA 1978, creating the department of health.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Penal offense of sniffing glue or similar volatile intoxicants, 32 A.L.R.3d 1438.
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