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Committee endorses replacing obsolete ‘drug abuse’ wording with 'substance use disorder' definition
Summary
A draft bill was moved forward to replace references to 'drug abuse' with the statutory definition of 'substance use disorder' already used elsewhere in state law; drafter said the change aligns with definitions used by the Department of Regulatory Agencies.
Kristen Forrestal of the Office of Legislative Legal Services told the panel the bill replaces an old “drug abuse” reference with the established statutory definition of “substance use disorder” used throughout Title 12. Forrestal said she reviewed where the term appears and used the most common definition: the definition the Department of…
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