[CC 1983 §75.060]
A person commits the offense of public use of an intoxicating
substance when he/she shall drink or otherwise consume any alcoholic
beverage, intoxicating liquor; or use any controlled substance or
narcotic drug in any street, public park or other public place.
It is unlawful for any person to use, or to possess with intent
to use, drug paraphernalia as defined by Section 195.010, RSMo. to
plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound,
convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store,
contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into
the human body a controlled substance as defined by Section 195.010,
RSMo. or an imitation controlled substance as defined by Section 195.010,
RSMo.
No person shall intentionally smell or inhale the fumes of any
solvent, particularly toluol, or induce any other person to do so,
for the purpose of causing a condition of, or inducing symptoms of,
intoxication, elation, euphoria, dizziness, excitement, irrational
behavior, exhilaration, paralysis, stupefaction, or dulling of senses
or nervous system, or for the purpose of, in any manner, changing,
distorting, or disturbing the audio, visual, or mental processes;
except that this Section shall not apply to the inhalation of any
anesthesia for medical or dental purposes.
[Ord. No. 11-20, 9-1-2011]
A. General. The Board of Aldermen of the City has found the
manufacture, transportation, possession and sale of methamphetamine
to be inherently dangerous and that the chemical precursors of methamphetamine
and the by-products and wastes of methamphetamine production are inherently
dangerous and injurious to the public health, safety and welfare of
the citizens of the City. Regulation of the sale of the chemical precursors
to methamphetamine production, such as ephedrine products and pseudoephedrine
products, is necessary to protect the citizens of the City.
B. Definitions. For the purposes of this Article, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to
them by this Section:
EPHEDRINE
All forms of ephedrine, ephedrine hydrochloride and all combinations
of these chemicals and any methamphetamine precursor drug containing
these chemicals.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, limited
liability company, firm, association or other entity.
PSEUDOEPHEDRINE
All forms of pseudoephedrine, pseudoephedrine hydrochloride
and all combinations of these chemicals and any methamphetamine precursor
drug containing these chemicals.
SELL
To knowingly furnish, give away, exchange, transfer, deliver,
surrender, or supply, whether for monetary gain or not.
[Ord. No. 11-20, 9-1-2011]
A. It
shall be illegal for any person to sell, deliver or distribute ephedrine,
pseudoephedrine or any other methamphetamine precursor drugs except
as set forth in the specific exceptions contained in this Article.
B. Ephedrine,
pseudoephedrine or other methamphetamine precursor drugs may be sold
by a Missouri licensed pharmacist after being authorized to do so
by a written prescription from a physician or other health care professional
licensed by the State of Missouri to write prescriptions.
C. Ephedrine,
pseudoephedrine or other methamphetamine precursor drugs may be distributed
by a licensed physician within the physician's office, clinic, nursing
home or other licensed health care facility.
D. This
Section regulating ephedrine, pseudoephedrine or other methamphetamine
precursor drugs shall not apply to the sale of animal feed containing
ephedrine or dietary supplement products containing naturally occurring
or herbal ephedra or extracts of herbal ephedra.
[Ord. No. 11-20, 9-1-2011]
It shall be prima facie proof that a substance is regulated
by this Section if the substance is contained in its original packaging
and is labeled as being ephedrine, pseudoephedrine or other methamphetamine
precursor drugs.
[Ord. No. 11-20, 9-1-2011]
A. All
thefts, shortages, disappearances, miscounts or other losses of ephedrine,
pseudoephedrine or other methamphetamine precursor drugs shall be
reported to the Police Department of the City within twenty-four (24)
hours of discovery.
B. Any
person selling ephedrine, pseudoephedrine or other methamphetamine
precursor drugs shall report any difference between the quantity of
the aforementioned drugs shipped and the quantity received to the
Police Department of the City within twenty-four (24) hours of discovery.
[Ord. No. 11-20, 9-1-2011]
Any person who violates any provision of this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable according to City Code Section
100.200. Every day any violation of this ordinance or any such rule, regulation, notice or order shall constitute a separate offense.