BILL NUMBER: SB 202	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hernandez

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2015

   An act relating to controlled substances.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 202, as introduced, Hernandez. Controlled substances.
   Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to sell, dispense, distribute,
furnish, administer, or give, or offer to sell, dispense,
distribute, furnish, administer, or give, or possess for sale, any
synthetic stimulant compound or any specified synthetic stimulant
derivative. Existing law also makes it a misdemeanor to sell,
dispense, distribute, furnish, administer, or give, or offer to sell,
dispense, distribute, furnish, administer, or give, or possess for
sale, any synthetic cannabinoid compound or any synthetic cannabinoid
derivative. Existing law, beginning January 1, 2016, makes it an
infraction to use or possess those drugs.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation relating to the deceptive packaging and marketing of
synthetic drugs.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation relating to the deceptive packaging and marketing of
synthetic drugs.