HRS §328E-2
Using certain chemicals to get high is banned
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This law makes it illegal to breathe, inhale, or drink certain chemicals (like toluene or acetone) to get intoxicated or change your mental state. If you do, the law treats that condition as being intoxicated. This section only covers this ban.
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The statute, as written — Use prohibited.] No person shall breathe, inhale or drink any compound, liquid or chemical containing toluol, hexane, trichloroethylene, acetone, toluene, ethyl acetate, methyl ethyl ketone, trichloro
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
ethane, isopropanol, methyl isobutyl ketone, methyl cellosolve acetate, cyclohexanone, or any other substance for the purpose of inducing a condition of intoxication, stupefaction, depression, giddiness, paralysis or irrational behavior, or in any manner changing, distorting or disturbing the auditory, visual or mental processes. For the purposes of this chapter, any such condition so induced shall be deemed to be an intoxicated condition.
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