,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #badh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bc1 #bjac ,mr4 
,carson of ,indiana introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,office of     
,national ,drug ,control ,policy        
,reauthorization ,act of #aiih to       
increase public awareness about the     
dangers of synthetic drugs through the  
national youth antidrug media campaign4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,synthetics are ,dangerous ,act 
of #bjac4  #b4 ,findings ,the ,congress 
finds as follows3  7#a7 ,synthetic      
drugs1 sometimes referred to as designer
 drugs1 are chemical compounds produced 
in clandestine laboratories to mimic or 
enhance the effects of schedule ,i      
controlled substances such as           
methamphetamine1 ecstasy1 and marijuana4
  7#b7 ,given the lack of extensive     
medical research on many synthetic drugs
 and their various analogues1 the full  

scope of their harmful effects is not   
well understood4  7#c7 ,the             
circumstantial evidence of the harmful  
effects of synthetic drugs1 particularly
 synthetic cannabinoids 7such as ,k#b   
and spice7 and synthetic stimulants     
7such as bath salts7 are1 nevertheless1 
alarming--  7,a7 in #bjaj1 more than    
#aa1jjj individuals were admitted into  
the emergency room from complications   
arising from synthetic drug use1 and    
nearly #be percent of those patients    
required further medical treatment2 and 
7,b7 in #bjaa1 the ,american            
,association of ,poison ,control        
,centers reported more than a two-fold  
increase in the number of calls related 
to synthetic marijuana from the previous
 year4  7#d7 ,the harmful effects of    
ingesting synthetic drugs include but   
are not limited to agitation1 anxiety1  
nausea1 vomiting1 tachycardia1 elevated 
blood pressure1 tremor1 seizures1       
hallucinations1 paranoid behavior1 and  
nonresponsiveness4  7#e7 ,like all      

schedule ,i drugs1 these synthetic drugs
 are drugs that have a high potential   
for abuse1 have no medical use in the   
,united ,states1 and lack an accepted   
safe use4  7#f7 ,the passage of the     
,synthetic ,drug ,abuse ,prevention ,act
 of #bjab was an important step in      
reducing the access of teens and young  
adults to dangerous and addictive       
synthetic drugs4  7#g7 ,new synthetic   
drugs are being manufactured that       
contain chemical compounds not found on 
schedule ,i1 as set forth in section    
#bjb7;c7 of the ,controlled ,substances 
,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #hab7;c771 that     
nevertheless mimic or enhance the       
effects of controlled substances like   
methamphetamine1 marijuana1 ecstasy1 and
 ,,lsd4  7#h7 ,hundreds1 potentially    
thousands1 of teens and young adults    
will be admitted into emergency rooms   
around the country from complications   
caused by the ingestion of the next     
breed of harmful1 synthetic drugs4  7#i7
 ,it is the sense of the ,congress that 

there is an urgent need1 particularly   
among teens1 young adults1 and parents1 
to raise awareness about the dangers of 
these new synthetic drugs4  #c4         
,increasing public awareness of dangers 
of synthetic drugs through national     
youth antidrug media campaign ,section  
#gji of the ,office of ,national ,drug  
,control ,policy ,reauthorization ,act  
of #aiih 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #agjh7 is       
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7a77#c71  
by inserting and synthetic drug use     
after illegal drug use2 and  7#b7 by    
redesignating subsection 7l7 as         
subsection 7m7 and inserting after      
subsection 7k7 the following new        
subsection3  7l7 ,definitions ,for      
purposes of this section3  7#a7 ,drug   
,the term drug has the meaning given    
such term in section #gjb7c7 and        
includes a synthetic drug4  7#b7        
,synthetic drug ,the term synthetic drug
 means an artificially produced         
substance that1 as determined by the    
,director1 is an analog or derivative of

 a controlled substance 7as defined in  
section #ajb7f7 of the ,controlled      
,substances ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4         
#hjb7f771 but is not itself a controlled
 substance4  4