Illegal Synthetic Drug Safety Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-658
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2017-03-15
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Illegal Synthetic Drug Safety Act of </b><b>2017</b></p> <p> This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to modify the treatment of controlled substance analogues (i.e., substances that have substantially similar chemical structures and pharmacological effects to schedule I controlled substances).</p> <p>Under current law, a controlled substance analogue that is intended for human consumption is treated as a schedule I controlled substance. This bill replaces the &quot;intended for human consumption&quot; qualifier with a &quot;not a chemical substance subject to the Toxic Substances Control Act&quot; qualifier. Specifically, a controlled substance analogue that is not a chemical substance under the Toxic Substances Control Act is treated as a schedule I controlled substance.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 658 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 15, 2017 Mr. Hoeven (for himself and Mr. Coons ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To treat all controlled substance analogues, other than chemical substances subject to the Toxic Substances Control Act, as controlled substances in schedule I regardless of whether they are intended for human consumption.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Illegal Synthetic Drug Safety Act of 2017 . 2. Treatment of controlled substance analogues Section 203 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 813 ) is amended by striking shall, to the extent intended for human consumption, and inserting the following: that is not a chemical substance subject to the Toxic Substances Control Act ( 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) shall .