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US HR449

US HR449
Synthetic Drug Awareness Act of 2018


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Introduced
01/11/2017
In Committee
05/09/2018
Crossed Over
06/13/2018
Passed
Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

115th Congress

Bill Summary

Synthetic Drug Awareness Act of 2018 This bill requires the Surgeon General to report to Congress on the public health effects of the increased use since January 2010 by individuals who are 12 to 18 years old of drugs developed and manufactured to avoid control under the Controlled Substances Act (e.g., synthetic marijuana, also known as "spice," and synthetic amphetamines, also known as "bath salts").

AI Summary

This bill requires the Surgeon General to report to Congress on the public health effects of the increased use since January 2010 by individuals aged 12 to 18 years old of drugs developed and manufactured to avoid control under the Controlled Substances Act, such as synthetic marijuana ("spice") and synthetic amphetamines ("bath salts"). The report will focus on the health effects of these "new psychoactive substances," which are defined as controlled substance analogues not currently regulated under federal law.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry, Health and Social Services

Sponsors (48)

Hakeem Jeffries (D)* Rick Allen (R),  Gus Bilirakis (R),  Marsha Blackburn (R),  Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),  Mike Bost (R),  G. Butterfield (D),  Tony Cárdenas (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Chris Collins (R),  Barbara Comstock (R),  Kevin Cramer (R),  Rodney Davis (R),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Daniel Donovan (R),  Eliot Engel (D),  Anna Eshoo (D),  John Faso (R),  Brian Fitzpatrick (R),  Trey Gowdy (R),  Evan Jenkins (R),  Dave Joyce (R),  Ro Khanna (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Peter King (R),  Raja Krishnamoorthi (D),  Ann Kuster (D),  Ben Ray Luján (D),  Thomas MacArthur (R),  David McKinley (R),  Patrick Meehan (R),  Markwayne Mullin (R),  Donald Norcross (D),  Pete Olson (R),  Scott Peters (D),  Bill Posey (R),  Thomas Rooney (R),  Raul Ruiz (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  F. James Sensenbrenner (R),  Carol Shea-Porter (D),  Louise Slaughter (D),  Elise Stefanik (R),  Mac Thornberry (R),  Paul Tonko (D),  Tim Walberg (R),  Greg Walden (R),  Mimi Walters (R), 

Last Action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (on 06/13/2018)

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