§ 21-31. Legislative findings; prohibited substances.

Because the following chemical compounds are either toxic by inhalation, ingestion or both; have a potential for abuse by persons in that inhalation can cause a condition of intoxication, inebriation, excitement, stupefaction, or exhilaration; cause a dulling of the brain or nervous system; cause damage, mental or physical; or have any combination of these properties or effects; and because certain persons in the community, particularly young people, are prone to abuse such substances; and because "glue sniffing" and "paint sniffing" have been documented as having caused irreversible mental and physical damage, and even death among minors in the city and are a particular problem among certain minorities, the following twenty-one (21) chemical compounds are hereby defined as and declared to be "dangerous substances":

(1)

Acetone

(2)

Amyl acetate

(3)

Benzene

(4)

Butyl acetate

(5)

Butyl alcohol

(6)

Carbon tetrachloride

(7)

Chloroform

(8)

Cyclohexanone

(9)

Ethyl alcohol

(10)

Ethyl acetate

(11)

Hexane

(12)

Isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol)

(13)

Isopropyl acetate

(14)

Methyl "cellosolve" (ethylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate)

(15)

Methyl ethyl ketone (2-butanone; MEK)

(16)

Methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK)

(17)

Orthochlorobenzalmalononitrile (CS)

(18)

Toluene (toluol)

(19)

Trichloroethylene

(20)

Tricresyl phosphate (TOCP, TMCP, or TPCP)

(21)

Xylene (xylol)

(Code 1959, §§ 26-11.1, 26-14.1; Ord. No. 56606, §§ a—k, 2-24-83)