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- Introduced by Rep. Michael Sak (D) on February 12, 2008, to include Salvia divinorum as a schedule 1 controlled substance, meaning it would be in the same illegal drug category as cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, LSD, marijuana, etc. Salvia divinorum, also known as “Diviner’s Sage,” is a psychoactive drug that is ingested by chewing or smoking.
- Referred to the House Health Policy Committee on February 12, 2008.
- Reported in the House on February 28, 2008, without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
- Substitute offered by Rep. Michael Sak (D) on March 5, 2008, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on March 5, 2008.
- Referred to the House Health Policy Committee on February 12, 2008.
- Passed 106 to 0 in the House on March 5, 2008.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" - Received in the Senate on March 6, 2008.
- Referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee on March 6, 2008.
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1) Re: 2008 House Bill 5700 (Ban Salvia divinorum ) by SO WHAT? on May 12, 2009THIS IS SO STUPID!!!! I AM TOTALY AGAINST THIS RIDICULUS AND UNNECESSARY BILL!! I don't control your life, i don't tell you how to live, and to a certain someone who posted befor me, i do not tell you how to raise your stupid little kids. Why do you people need to keep banning every little thing that brings someone else just a BIT of happyness??? Do you think it's really gonna help to put innocent people who want to experiment with their O W N mind in prison? Can you really be that selfish? REALLY!!!????? Listen, LSD helped in coming up with the DOUBLE HELIX!!! A medical breakthrough that reshaped science and is probably saving your selfish existence, and the REAL PEOPLE through medicine and surgeries. All in all you CAN NOT control FREE WILL!!! And to try to is the worst thing you can ever do, which makes you no better than an ignorant selfish fool...and also the COMPLE ANTI-AMERICAN!!!! THIS COUNTRY WAS ABOUT FREEDOM, now..i just don't know anymore......Mabey we should pass a law that prohibits anti-americans, like some of you, from breathing. Because you are killing this country. (which makes about as much sence as banning as what you are trying to do now) I hope you get alife, get outside, and stop being scared by everything the news craps on your lap. Serously....STOP IT!!!
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Drug addiction is a pathological condition. The disorder of addiction involves the progression of acute drug use
to the development of drug-seeking behavior, the vulnerability to
relapse, and the decreased, slowed ability to respond to naturally
rewarding stimuli The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition
(DSM-IV) has categorized three stages of addiction:
preoccupation/anticipation, binge/intoxication, and withdrawal/negative
affect. These stages are characterized, respectively, everywhere by
constant cravings and preoccupation with obtaining the substance; using
more of the substance than necessary to experience the intoxicating
effects; and experiencing tolerance, withdrawal symptoms, and decreased
motivation for normal life activities.[2] By the American Society of Addiction Medicine definition, drug addiction differs from drug dependence and drug tolerance.[3]
It is, both among scientists and other writers, quite usual to allow
the concept of drug addiction to include persons who are not drug
abusers according to the definition of the American Society of
Addiction Medicine. The term drug addiction is then used as a category
which may include the same persons who under the DSM-IV can be given the diagnosis of substance dependence or substance abuse. (See also DSM-IV Codes)
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As a parent, I urge this bill to become law. Children are under the immense impression that drugs, especially marijuana and salvia are cool and natural. I have a teenager already attending rehab at the age of 15. It is a crying shame that there is even a consideration to legalize its use. To all the hippies writing in to say what next, paprika, sex? I say to them, watch a child you love ruin their lives in front of you, turn into addicts, crave highs, etc. and I'll tell you from EXPERIENCE, the hurt and devastation it causes an entire family is nothing less than evil. The crave the get high is at the center of self-destruction.
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