Synthetics are Dangerous Act

Synthetics are Dangerous Act - Amends the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 to: (1) include among the purposes of the national youth anti-drug media campaign to encourage parents and other interested adults to discuss with young people the dangers of synthetic drug use; (2) define "drug" for purposes of such campaign to be a controlled substance, including a synthetic drug; and (3) define a "synthetic drug" as an artificially produced substance that is an analog or derivative of a controlled substance but is not itself a controlled substance.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4205 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4205

To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 
  of 1998 to increase public awareness about the dangers of synthetic 
       drugs through the national youth anti-drug media campaign.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 19, 2012

Mr. Carson of Indiana (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Reyes, Ms. Waters, 
 Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Watt, Mr. Michaud, Ms. Richardson, Ms. Norton, and 
 Ms. Edwards) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 
  of 1998 to increase public awareness about the dangers of synthetic 
       drugs through the national youth anti-drug media campaign.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Synthetics are Dangerous Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF DANGERS OF SYNTHETIC DRUGS 
              THROUGH NATIONAL YOUTH ANTI-DRUG MEDIA CAMPAIGN.

    Section 709 of the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1708) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting ``and synthetic drug 
        use'' after ``illegal drug use''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(m) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) Drug.--The term `drug' has the meaning given such 
        term in section 702(3) and includes a synthetic drug.
            ``(2) Synthetic drug.--The term `synthetic drug' means an 
        artificially produced substance that, as determined by the 
        Director, is an analog or derivative of a controlled substance 
        (as defined in section 102(6) of the Controlled Substances Act 
        (21 U.S.C. 802(6)), but is not itself a controlled 
        substance.''.
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