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HB0803 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014
HB0803

Introduced 1/25/2013, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 602/5
    Amends the Ephedra Prohibition Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the findings of the General Assembly.

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A BILL FOR

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1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.

2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:

4     Section 5. The Ephedra Prohibition Act is amended by
5 changing Section 5 as follows:

6     (720 ILCS 602/5)
7     Sec. 5. Findings. The~~The~~ General Assembly finds the
8 following:
9         (1) Over 3 billion servings of ephedra are consumed by
10     Americans each year.
11         (2) Ephedra, or ma huang, has been associated with a
12     wide range of severe adverse events, including death.
13         (3) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has received
14     over 18,000 reports of adverse reactions by ephedra users,
15     including strokes, seizures, heart attacks, and deaths.
16         (4) The Inspector General of the U.S. Department of
17     Health and Human Services noted in a report on ephedra
18     adverse events that 60% of those adverse events were
19     experienced by people under the age of 40.
20         (5) A study reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine
21     concluded that, compared with other herbs, ephedra is
22     associated with a greatly increased risk for adverse
23     reactions and that the use of ephedra should be restricted.

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1         (6) The American Medical Association and the consumer
2     group, Public Citizen, have called for a nationwide ban on
3     ephedra.
4         (7) The National Collegiate Athletics Association, the
5     National Football League, and the International Olympic
6     Committee have all banned ephedra use by their athletes
7     because of concerns about the safety of this dietary
8     supplement.
9         (8) The U.S. Army has banned the sale of ephedra
10     products in army commissaries worldwide after 33 army
11     personnel died from consuming ephedra products.
12         (9) Canada, Britain, Germany, and Australia have all
13     taken steps to restrict the sale of ephedra products.
14 (Source: P.A. 93-8, eff. 5-28-03.)

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