§ 21-30-4. Sale or possession of wood alcohol with unlawful intent.
Any person who sells, exchanges, or delivers or has in his or her possession with intent to sell, exchange, or deliver any article of food or drink, or any drug, intended for external or internal use, or perfumes or toilet articles, containing any wood alcohol, sometimes known as methyl alcohol, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both fine and imprisonment.
History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 834, § 2; P.L. 1915, ch. 1183, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 168, § 27; G.L. 1938, ch. 274, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 21-30-4.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 21-30 - Drugs and Poisons Generally
Section 21-30-1. - Distribution in streets or from house to house prohibited.
Section 21-30-2. - Prosecution of violations.
Section 21-30-3. - Labeling of wood alcohol.
Section 21-30-4. - Sale or possession of wood alcohol with unlawful intent.
Section 21-30-5. - Prosecution of violations.
Section 21-30-6. - Labeling of poisons — Registration of sales — Prescriptions.
Section 21-30-7. - Poisons subject to labeling and registration.