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Title 15 : Motor Vehicles, Traffic and Parking
Chapter 8 : Operation

15-806 : Driving while under the influence of an intoxicant or drug.

  1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to drive or be in physical control of any automobile or other motor-driven vehicle on any of the streets or highways of the city while under the influence of an intoxicant, or while under the influence of narcotic drugs or while under the influence of drugs producing stimulating effects on the central nervous system.
  2. For the purpose of this section, drugs producing stimulating effects on the central nervous system shall include the salts of barbituric acid, also known as malonyl urea or any compound, derivatives or mixtures thereof that may be used for producing hypnotic or somnifacient effects, and includes amphetamine, desoxyephedrine or compounds or mixtures thereof, including all derivatives of phenolethylamine or any of the salts thereof, except preparations intended for use in the nose and unfit for internal use. (1973 Code, § 11-110)