CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT

Articles and editorials

U.S. Should Legalize Industrial Hemp, S4138 [13JN]

Bills and resolutions

Drugs: exempt real property from civil forfeiture due to medical-marijuana-related conduct authorized by State law (see H.R. 6335), H5706 [2AU]

——— make any substance containing hydrocodone a schedule II drug under the Controlled Substances Act (see S. 2297), S2496 [18AP]

——— more effectively regulate anabolic steroids (see S. 3431), S5381 [25JY]

——— place synthetic drugs in Schedule I indicating high potential for abuse, no current accepted medical use, and lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision (see S. 3189, 3190), S3234 [16MY] (see H.R. 6312), H5705 [2AU]

——— prevent abuse of dextromethorphan (see S. 3376), S4893 [11JY]

——— provide that Federal law shall not preempt State law governing marijuana (see H.R. 6606), H6469 [27NO]

Law enforcement: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see S. 3501), S5977 [2AU]

Letters

Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act: Gretchen DuBeau, Alliance for Natural Health USA, S5384 [25JY]

——— John Shaw, Natural Products Association, S5383 [25JY]

——— Loren Israelsen, United Natural Products Alliance, S5384 [25JY]

——— Michael McGuffin, American Herbal Products Association, S5383 [25JY]

——— Scott M. Melville, Consumers Healthcare Products Association, S5384 [25JY]

——— Steve Mister, Council for Responsible Nutrition, S5384 [25JY]

——— Travis T. Tygart, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, S5384 [25JY]

Remarks in House

Drugs: increase penalties for operators of pill mills, H3224 [30MY]

——— increase penalties for operators of pill mills (H.R. 1065), H5529 [1AU]

——— make any substance containing hydrocodone a schedule II drug under the Controlled Substances Act, H3224 [30MY]

——— place synthetic drugs in Schedule I indicating high potential for abuse, no current accepted medical use, and lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision, H3868 [20JN]

Health care professionals: require practitioners to obtain particular training or special certification on addiction and substance abuse, and appropriate and safe use of certain controlled substances (H.R. 2119), H5529 [1AU]

Remarks in Senate

Drugs: make any substance containing hydrocodone a schedule II drug under the Controlled Substances Act, S3506 [23MY], S3560, S3564 [24MY], S4183 [14JN], S4408 [21JN], S4605 [26JN]

——— more effectively regulate anabolic steroids (S. 3431), S5383–S5385 [25JY]

——— place synthetic drugs in Schedule I indicating high potential for abuse, no current accepted medical use, and lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision, S3491, S3503 [23MY], S3546, S3548, S3556 [24MY], S4449 [25JN], S4625, S4630 [26JN]

——— place synthetic drugs in Schedule I indicating high potential for abuse, no current accepted medical use, and lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision (S. 605), S680, S681 [15FE]

Law enforcement: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana, S4138, S4139 [13JN], S4399 [21JN]