Fw: [mds] FW: DEA NEWS: Congress Agrees to Add 26 Synthetic Drugs to Controlled Substances Act

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>DEA NEWS: Congress Agrees to Add 26 Synthetic Drugs to Controlled Substances

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>In light of the recent challenges with “bath saltsâ€, I thought you might

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>From:U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

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>Subject: DEA NEWS: Congress Agrees to Add 26 Synthetic Drugs to Controlled

Substances Act

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>Press Release

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>DEA NEWS: CONGRESS AGREES TO ADD 26

>SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT

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> The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) today commended House and Senate

negotiators for agreeing on legislation to control 26 synthetic drugs under the

Controlled Substances Act.  These drugs include those commonly found in

products marketed as “K2†and “Spice.â€

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>The addition of these chemicals to Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act

will be included as part of S. 3187, the Food and Drug Administration Safety and

Innovation Act. Schedule I substances are those with a high potential for abuse;

have no medical use in treatment in the United States; and lack an accepted

safety for use of the drug.

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>In addition to scheduling the 26 drugs, the new law would double the length of

time a substance may be temporarily placed in schedule I (from 18 to 36

months).  In addition to explicitly naming 26 substances, the legislation

creates a new definition for “cannabamimetic agents,†creating criteria by

which similar chemical compounds are controlled.

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>In recent years, a growing number of dangerous products have been introduced

into the U.S. marketplace.  Products labeled as “herbal incense†have

become especially popular, especially among teens and young adults.  These

products consist of plant material laced with synthetic cannabinoids which, when

smoked, mimic the delirious effects of THC, the psychoactive ingredient of

marijuana.  According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, more

than 100 such substances have been synthesized and identified to date.  DEA has

used its emergency scheduling authority to place in schedule I several of these

harmful chemicals.

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>Newly developed drugs, particularly from the “2C familyâ€

(dimethoxyphenethylamines), are generally referred to as synthetic

psychedelic/hallucinogens. 2C-E caused the recent death of a 19 year-old in

Minnesota.

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>The substances added to Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act also

include 9 different 2C chemicals, and 15 different synthetic cannabanoids.

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>The American Association of Poison Control Centers reported that they received

6,959 calls related to synthetic marijuana in 2011, up from 2,906 in 2010. 

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