HB 633 -- DRUG REGULATIONS

SPONSOR:  Lipke

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on Crime
Prevention and Public Safety by a vote of 11 to 0.

This bill adds salvia divinorum and 12 other compounds to the
list of controlled substances and clarifies which forms of
anabolic steroids are included within schedule II controlled
substances.

FISCAL NOTE:  Estimated Cost on General Revenue of Less than
$100,000 in FY 2006, FY 2007, and FY 2008.  No impact on Other
State Funds in FY 2006, FY 2007, and FY 2008.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the bill updates the controlled
substance schedules that are required by the federal Drug
Enforcement Agency (DEA) guidelines.  The DEA adds new substances
to the list every few months, and the states follow those
guidelines by amending their statutes periodically.  The bill
adds to the list several substances, most notably salvia
divinorum which is marketed as an herb and sold over the Internet
and in "head shops."  It is an hallucinogen grown in Mexico and
has no accepted medical use.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Lipke; and Department
of Health and Senior Services.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Richard Smreker, Senior Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
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