Bills Introduced in the Pennsylvania House

HB 1651  Pharmaceutical Accountability Monoriting System

An Act amending Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, establishing the Pharmaceutical Accountability Monitoring System; and imposing penalties.

HB 176   Synthetic Marijuana / Salvia Divinorum

An Act amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, further providing for schedules of controlled substances.

HB 396   Drug Delivery Resulting in Death

Amending Title 18( Crimes and offenses) of the Pennsylvania consolodated statues, further providing for drug delivery resulting in death.

HB140    Methadone Death and Incident Review Team, established, composition, power and duties; and posing a penalty

An Act establishing the Methadone Death and Incident Review Team and providing for its powers and duties; and imposing a penalty.

HB 365  Providing for Scheduled 1 Controlled Substances

 an act amending the controlled substances , drug, devise and cosmetic act, further providing for schedule I controlled substances. (Tabled)

House Resolution 301 "Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month"
September 2011 as "Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month" in Pennsylvania. WHEREAS, Effective community-based programs exist for persons with substance use disorders; and WHEREAS, Our communities benefit from awareness of evolving drug abuse trends, addiction treatment options and recovery support services

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Bills Introduced in PA Senate

Senate Bill 1003 Raymond Shafer Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act
An Act Providing for the medical use of marijuana; and repealing provisions of law that prohibit and penalize marijuana use.   We oppose this bill

SB164  Salvia Divinorum

An Act amending the The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, further providing for Schedule I controlled substances Controlled substances, adding to

Schedule I

 SB38  Law Enforcement Drug and Violence Task Force Grant Program, establishing; Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, powers and duties; illegal drugs; multiple  political subdivisions

An Act establishing a grant program for law enforcement drug and violence task forces; and providing for the powers and duties of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency

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HB 176 / SB 164

Both synthetic marijuana and salvia divinorum have been the cause of numerous accounts of hospitalizations and even fatalities.  The American Association of Poison Control Centers reported throughout 2010, synthetic marijuana was accountable for more than 2,000 calls to the center.

Synthetic marijuana is legally produced and marketed under suce trade names as spice, Hawaiian haze and K2

because synthetic marijuana and salvia divinorum pose such a serious health risk to Pennsylvanians and our youth in particular, we support these bills.

Medical Marijuana

We are opposed to these Bills

This bill provides that a “caregiver” may possess up to “6 marijuana plants and 1 ounce of usable marijuana.”  Potentially an 18 year old that is still in high school, will be growing pot in his back yard for a “patient” and then come in the house and try to explain to their little brother or sister who has just come home from a school prevention program why it’s ok for him/her to grow and distribute marijuana.

Is not limited to terminally ill patients

Must be at least 18 years old and no felony drug charge (You can have a drug misdemeanor charge?)

Marijuana is not FDA approved.

This bill can easily permit fraud

Where is the money going to come from for this cost? We ask this question - has there been a fiscal analysis done of this bill?