A bill to make it unlawful to manufacture, distribute, or possess with intent to distribute, a drug which is an imitation of a controlled substance or a drug which purports to act like a controlled substance.
Imitation Controlled Substances Act of 1983 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make it unlawful to manufacture, advertise, distribute, or possess a drug which is an imitation of a controlled substance. Excludes professional or research uses from such prohibition.
Establishes criminal penalties for violation of this Act.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Referred jointly to the Committees on Judiciary; Labor and Human Resources by unanimous consent with instructions that if one committee reports, the other have thirty days to report or be discharged.
Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Law.
Referred to Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.
Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, GAO, OMB.
Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-310.
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