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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE CONCURRENT STUDY REQUEST NO. 2
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEGER
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES: Requests a study of whether to make specified plants
controlled dangerous substances
A CONCURRENT STUDY REQUEST1
To the House Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice and the Senate2
Committee on Judiciary B to meet and to function as a joint committee to study the3
effects of the products referred to as "Spice", "Mojo", "K2", "Skunk", "Sense",4
"Genie", "Yucatan Fire", and various other names and make a determination if5
classifying these compounds as controlled dangerous substances is warranted at this6
time and to report the findings of the joint committee to the legislature prior to the7
convening of the 2011 Regular Session of the Legislature. 8
WHEREAS, there has been a surge of products marketed and sold in Louisiana as9
herbal incense and smoking materials containing various plant products purported to be10
laced with synthetic cannabinoids having hallucinogenic properties which are similar to11
marijuana; and12
WHEREAS, these products are labeled and marketed under the names "Spice",13
"Mojo", "K2", "Skunk", "Sense", "Genie", "Yucatan Fire", and various other names; and14
WHEREAS, the laws of Louisiana provide that in order for a drug to be classified15
as a controlled dangerous substance that the drug or other substance has a high potential for16
abuse, the drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the17
United States, and there is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance18
under medical supervision; and19
WHEREAS, Louisiana law also provides that the secretary of the Department of20
Health and Hospitals shall add a substance as a controlled dangerous substance if it is21 HLS 10RS-1812 ORIGINAL
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classified as a controlled dangerous substance by the United States Drug Enforcement1
Administration; and 2
WHEREAS, the secretary may by rule add a drug to the list of controlled dangerous3
substances after conducting an eight-point review of the drug or substance and finding that4
such drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse; and 5
WHEREAS, at this time none of the products referred to as "Spice", "Mojo", "K2",6
"Skunk", "Sense", "Genie", "Yucatan Fire" and various other names have been listed as7
controlled dangerous substances by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration; and8
WHEREAS, additional study of this issue is necessary in order to keep Louisiana law9
consistent with federal law and the laws of the other states.10
THEREFORE, the Legislature of Louisiana requests the House Committee on the11
Administration of Criminal Justice and the Senate Committee on Judiciary B to meet and12
to function as a joint committee to study the effects of the products referred to as "Spice",13
"Mojo", "K2", "Skunk", "Sense", "Genie", "Yucatan Fire", and various other names and14
make a determination if classifying these compounds as controlled dangerous substances is15
warranted at this time and to report the finding of the joint committee to the legislature prior16
to the convening of the 2011 Regular Session of the Legislature. 17
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Leger HCSR No. 2
Requests the House Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice and the Senate
Committee on Judiciary B to meet and to function as a joint committee to study the effects
of the products referred to as "Spice", "Mojo", "K2", "Skunk", "Sense", "Genie", "Yucatan
Fire" and various other names and make a determination if classifying these compounds as
controlled dangerous substances is warranted at this time and to report the finding of the
joint committee to the legislature prior to the convening of the Regular Legislative Session
of 2011.