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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 535 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1983 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1393753,"object_type":"law","relational_id":350602,"identifier":"18.2-265.5","token":"18.2\/7\/1.1\/18.2-265.5","url":"\/18.2-265.5\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-265.5\/","token":"18.2\/7\/1.1\/18.2-265.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Advertisement of drug paraphernalia prohibited; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-265.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It shall be unlawful for any person to place in any newspaper, magazine, handbill or other publication any advertisement, knowing or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that the purpose of the advertisement, in whole or in part, is to promote the sale of <span class=\"dictionary\">objects<\/span> designed or intended by such person for use as drug paraphernalia. 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