I wanna talk about drugs, but it's going to be illegal soon

[Space Monkey]

There's these E bills where E gets tougher laws and anti free speech bills where you can't know or say anything about drugs basically. Heard of it?

anyone give a damn? From what I've read I'd be bitching more about this than whistles folks.

Space Monkey

[Space Monkey]

here's some meat

>Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 22:27:48 -0400
>From: DRCNet <drcnet@drcnet.org>
>Subject: ALERT: Congress Banning DRCNet!
>
>
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> ALERT: Congress Banning DRCNet
> -----------------------------------------
> VISIT: http://www.drcnet.org/freespeech /
> 6/13/00
>
>Another insidious attack on the 1st Amendment is taking place
>in the name of the drug war, and DRCNet is itself a potential
>victim. Provisions of H.R. 833, the so-called "Bankruptcy
>Reform Act," would impose the same violations of freedom of
>speech that are present in the methamphetamine bill we have
>been opposing in the House of Representatives. Versions of
>H.R. 833 have passed both the House and the Senate, and the
>bill is now in a conference committee that is crafting a final
>version of the bill. (The provisions also appear in a new
>anti-ecstasy bill introduced in the House.)
>
>Publications from the Washington Post to the Orange County
>Register to the Denver Post, even the National Review and
>more, have roundly criticized the provisions, which are the
>creation of Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Orrin Hatch
>(R-UT). Yet at last report, the current version of the bill
>still contains them, making it a crime punishable by up to 10
>years in federal prison to teach, demonstrate or distribute
>information on the manufacture or use of illegal drugs. The
>language is so broad that even serious policy publications
>like DRCNet's could run afoul of the law -- for example,
>recent articles discussing the risk of overheating that
>accompanies use of the drug ecstacy, and steps that can be
>taken to minimize that risk and save lives
>(http://www.drcnet.org/wol/140.html#potentialthreat).
>
>If these provisions become law, organizations like DRCNet that
>advocate sensible reforms of drug policy could become
>vulnerable to the attacks of prosecutors who hate our ideology
>or are looking to advance themselves politically. Even if the
>courts protected us and upheld the 1st Amendment, the cost of
>mounting such a defense, in the face of a potential 10-year
>prison term, could take a devastating toll on any
>organization. Anyone providing information on the medical
>uses of marijuana, or the schedule and locations of a needle
>exchange program, could be vulnerable. Providing any serious
>discussion of drug issues on the net, without accidentally
>linking to some potentially offending material, would become a
>logistical nightmare.
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>the anti-drug provisions of the Bankruptcy Reform Act, H.R.
>833, are unacceptable and should be struck out, and that H.R.
>2987 and S. 2612, the so-called "Methamphetamine Anti-
>Proliferation Act" and "Ecstasy Anti-Proliferation Act," both
>of which contain the same provisions, won't stop
>methamphetamine or ecstasy but will injure the Constitution.
>
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[TrippEVixen]

Wow... that's not cool at all... =\

[bright]

yay, ideas are bad. i love our society.

please call your local senators and congresspeople. i haven't done this kind of thing in a while, so i don't know who the politicians in washington state are.

here is a yahoo link to a list of sites that have email addresses and/or phone numbers and/or snail mail addresses to the congress and senate.

it is not hard to email or give a phone call. a letter is even better. do all three if you can.

i used to do stuff for DRCnet when they were just starting out, and they are an awesome organization. they kind of grew out of the talk.politics.drugs newsgroup on USeNet.

we must protect the ability to spread information. this issue goes beyond the issue of legal drugs. it is about freedom of speech and safe (even if illegal) drug use, which should be a concern for anyone that cares about the welfare fo other people.

- paul

[Space Monkey]

was gonna post that email of an Orlando Article on how data was falsified on the number of E deaths by considering people being medicated an amphetamine and also dying as a club death. Even when the fatality was with infants or elderly people. I'm talking about significantly greater than 50% falsified value here for national fatalities.

Space Monkey

call a radio station and get them talking about it, or bring it up at a rave

[This message has been edited by Space Monkey (edited 06-16-2000).]

[hailbob]

while i understand the concern, i seriously doubt that talking about how to live and not go bonkers while on E, GHB, LSD, THC or whatever else turns your crank, will be illegal.

the bill reads "knowing or having reason
to know that such person intends to use the teaching, demonstration, or information for, or in furtherance of, an activity that constitutes an offense".

dancesafe, as well as this BBS, do not intend for these discussions to become a "how-to become a drug dealer and not get caught" posting. that much is made very clear whenever possible.

besides, sections 7 and 8 outline exactly how the govt intends to display informational anti-drug messages on govt websites, TV, etc.

if this bill TRULY outlaws all forms of discussion of a controlled substance - that will apply to the government's distribution of information, as well.

the bill is vague, as far as the "distribution of information" sections are concerned - which makes the cops jobs easier, but the prosecutors job so much more difficult.

thats how i read it, anyway, but i'm not a lawyer.

[SuperGirl]

the bill reads "knowing or having reason to know that such person intends to use the teaching, demonstration, or information for, or in furtherance of, an activity that constitutes an offense

Meaning that Harm Reduction societies will be in direct contravention of the law, seeing as they provide information on safe use of controlled substances.

And as for
besides, sections 7 and 8 outline exactly how the govt intends to display informational anti-drug messages on govt websites, TV, etc.
you can bet that your government will be doing their best to provide you with truthful, informative, non-inflammatory statements such as "IF YOU TAKE E YOU'LL DIE HORRIBLY!!!!!!".

This bill is a fucking disaster. It affects more than just one BBS - they're trying to get it as a blanket bill for the entire US.

~SG~>

[A.J.]

My points exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[~Phreak!~]

society is bad m'kay.

------------------
~PHREAK!!~

[Space Monkey]

``(A) to teach or demonstrate the manufacture of a
controlled substance, or to distribute by any means
information pertaining to, in whole or in part, the
manufacture, acquisition, or [b]use[b] of a controlled
substance, with the intent that the teaching,
demonstration, or information be used for, or in
furtherance of, an activity that constitutes a crime;


section 6

it's not exactly making an exception for dancesafe and other sources of knowledge which are intended to increase safety. And I question the definition of which information furthers a drug's illegal use, would people describing personal accounts be in trouble? And what of "protesters'" printings or simple discussion the subject?

And concerning the reduction of ecstacy deaths, this article solves a few of em. I dunno this dissapoints me.


http://www.orlandosentinel.com/automagic/oso/2000-05-21/OSOXRAVE210521
00.html

Bad research clouds state death reports
Henry Pierson Curtis
of The Sentinel Staff
Published in The Orlando Sentinel on May 21, 2000


Angry, grieving. 'My son does not belong on that list'
of designer-drug-related deaths, says Joel Waters
(above). Mitchell Waters, 15, (above, right) died of a
heart ailment but was taking a prescription that
contained a drug on the list.


Talking about drug deaths. Jim McDonough (center), the
state's chief drug fighter, tells a summit in February
in Tallahassee attended by Sen. Toni Jennings (left)
and Rep. John Thrasher about club-drug deaths. His
numbers have since been questioned.

Pearl Mastros, 80, died in a nursing home.

Mitchell Waters, 15, died playing basketball.

Tavani Smith, 4, died in a hospital.

Each of these Central Floridians died of known causes.
Yet they and many others like them were portrayed by
the state as victims of designer-drug abuse.

An analysis by The Orlando Sentinel found glaring
mistakes in research by the Office of Drug Control in
its campaign to spotlight the dangers of so-called
"rave" drugs.

Its official tally of rave-drug deaths reached 254.
But blaming that many deaths on the club scene was
grossly misleading. The state's research included
dozens of errors.

Lumped together with the deaths of hard-partying
teens, the state counted:

Terminal cancer patients who committed suicide.

Senior citizens who took painkillers under doctors'
supervision in hospitals and nursing homes.

A 58-year-old St. Petersburg man who died after a
heart-bypass.

Middle-aged abusers of common street drugs.

A Miami crib death.

In Central Florida alone, a computer-assisted Sentinel
review found 25 of the 60 local deaths counted by the
state had no ties to club drugs. Another 10 deaths
already had been counted as heroin-related.

In total, more than half the deaths were from some
other cause, and in some cases, it was clear their
inclusion was absurd.

How the state came to identify pre-schoolers and
grandmothers as victims of a drug culture known for
pierced tongues and all-night dancing does not have a
simple answer.

Since 1994, Orlando has had a growing problem with
club drugs -- GHB, Rohypnol, MDMA and others. At
"house parties" and in more than a dozen clubs around
town, teens and young adults gather to listen to music
and dance. And get high.

Based on the Sentinel's analysis, the death count
across Central Florida is 25 -- a tragic statistic,
but less than half what the state claims. The drug
office has begun removing cases from the list since
the Sentinel raised questions.

Despite increasing efforts to fight it, the abuse
thrives across the state. Today, the designer-drug
craze is the latest hot topic in the drug war.

Florida has jumped into the fight in a big way. Last
summer, state officials staged Operation Heat Rave, a
statewide raid on clubs. Then last winter, Gov. Jeb
Bush's staff of drug experts began searching from Key
West to Pensacola for proof of the deadly epidemic
stalking nightclubs and the rave scene.

Jim McDonough, the state drug-fighting chief, unveiled
the results of that study at a drug summit earlier
this year, using the findings to warn lawmakers of the
dangers ahead, despite progress in his first year as
head of the drug office.

With Bush, Senate President Toni Jennings, R-Orlando,
and House Speaker John Thrasher, R-Orange Park, on the
stage behind him, he cited the work as "a very
thorough, autopsy-by-autopsy review." McDonough told
the standing-room-only crowd at the Capitol that club
drugs were killing many more youngsters than anyone
had suspected.

Since then, McDonough has defended the work. He asked
why a reporter would question shortcomings in the
research instead of helping his staff fight drug
abuse.

"If we made a mistake, we want to correct the
mistake," he said. "There's no attempt here to put out
bad data. We are trying to get the facts. We have
discovered that we have a club-drug problem in this
state that is immense, and we want to do something
about it."

The Office of Drug Control acknowledges some of its
errors. Two dozen deaths of elderly men and women as
old as 84 were deleted from the list after the
Sentinel questioned the findings. In some of those
cases, records showed that the medical examiners
involved had urged the state's analysts not to count
them as drug deaths.

And there are other glaring mistakes.

"My son does not belong on that list," said Joel
Waters of east Orange County. His 15-year-old son,
Mitchell, collapsed while playing basketball at school
last year. An undiagnosed heart ailment caused his
death.

But the teenager had taken Adderall, a drug prescribed
by his doctor to treat an attention-deficit disorder.
It contained amphetamine, a drug on the list. No one
in Tallahassee inquired about his cause of death
before labeling the 15-year-old honor student as a
victim of illegal-drug abuse.

"If they're working to get extra numbers to get extra
money, they're working in the wrong direction," said
Waters, a construction contractor. "I worked for the
government. Statistics are something people
manipulate."

These days, Florida's drug fight is an enormous
effort.

Bush created the Office of Drug Control in 1999 to
coordinate prevention, treatment and enforcement
efforts, announcing his goal of cutting drug abuse in
Florida in half by 2004. It coincides with the
national drug strategy to cut abuse countrywide by the
same amount.

A key element of the strategy was to make the new
office "research-based, measurable and accountable for
performance." To head the program, Bush brought in
McDonough, a former U.S. Army colonel who served as
head of strategy for the Office of National Drug
Control Policy from 1996 to 1999. He supervises
Florida's $540 million campaign and is credited with
energizing drug-fighting efforts here.

On Dec. 2, almost a year after McDonough's arrival,
the National Institute on Drug Abuse in Washington,
D.C., issued a nationwide alert about the increasing
abuse of designer drugs.

It turned the club scene into the drug war's latest
thing. Ten days later, McDonough's staff contacted the
state's 22 medical examiners, saying it wanted to
create a list of all designer-drug-related deaths.
Staff members wanted the information in time for a
statewide drug summit on Feb. 11.

The drug office asked the state Medical Examiners
Commission to send reports on every death from 1997
through 1999 that tested positive for any of 20 listed
drugs. The request caught the medical examiners
unprepared. There is no uniform system for tracking
these drugs.

The Office of Drug Control, interviews and records
show, would take responsibility for deciding which
deaths were designer-drug-related. The list included
such common rave drugs as MDMA, an amphetamine-based
hallucinogen; and GHB, a sedative once sold legally in
health-food stores.

But it also listed chemicals such as fentanyl, a
painkiller, and ketamine, an anesthetic. Both appear
occasionally on the rave scene.

But they also are commonly used in hospitals and
veterinary clinics. From the outset, the state's
definition of designer drugs struck medical examiners
as unusually broad. It seemed to some that the Office
of Drug Control was asking for too much, too quickly
and without knowing how to analyze it.

"Some of those drugs on their list of 20 designer
drugs are not designer drugs," said Dr. Shashi Gore,
chief medical examiner of Orange and Osceola counties.
"Ketamine is not a designer drug. Pure amphetamine is
not a designer drug. Nitrous oxide -- come on! It's a
drug of abuse, but not a designer drug."

Consider the case of Tavani J. Smith, one of the
deaths McDonough told legislators that he had
personally reviewed.

No spikey-haired party animal, Tavani was a 4-year-old
boy who loved the Power Rangers and cold milk. He woke
up on Feb. 17, 1999, complaining of a headache that
would persist all day. He arrived at the emergency
room of Orlando Regional Medical Center at 9:08 p.m.
after his mother consulted her son's doctor.

Nurses gave the boy several drugs to sedate him so a
doctor could do a spinal tap to test for meningitis.
One of those was ketamine.

At 1:25 a.m., Tavani stopped breathing. Autopsy
reports show he died from "probable adverse reaction
to ketamine/brevital administration."

But the drug-control staff classified the child as a
poly-drug abuser who died from an overdose of
ketamine.

"This is crazy, very crazy. They need to go back to
school," the youngster's grandmother said. "Tavani was
a baby. How could they do that? That's crazy."

Steve Lauer, chief of staff and creator of the
designer-drug list, acknowledged that he hadn't known
that ketamine was used in hospitals.

Asked about that and other mistakes, Lauer said, "I'm
not a doctor. I'm a layman. I have a large number of
these. I simply took what they gave me."

Lauer said he should not have included previously
counted heroin deaths. In some cases, Lauer said he
forgot about the advice from the the Medical Examiners
Commission not to count deaths of elderly men and
women. And the details in other cases clearly should
have raised questions.

Among them: a 58-year-old man who died the day he left
a hospital after a heart operation, a 52-year-old
nursing-home patient who fell and hit his head, and a
74-year-old cancer patient who died in a Miami-Dade
County hospital from an accidental overdose of
morphine.

McDonough said he was too busy overseeing the
drug-fighting effort to discuss cases like that of
Rose Pope, 82, who died in St. Petersburgh eight days
after being hit by a car.

The Office of Drug Control blamed medical examiners
for the mistaken inclusion of elderly victims on the
list. But the examiners' staffers say the drug experts
in Tallahassee got exactly what they asked for.

"I spent weeks trying to educate them on what they
were really looking for. . . . I talked until I was
blue in the face," said Larry Bedore, director of
operations for Dr. Joan Wood, chief medical examiner
of Pasco and Pinellas counties and head of the state
Medical Examiners Commission.

One-hundred-fifty pages of memos, draft policies and
other correspondence between the commission and the
Office of Drug Control show that medical examiners had
tried to limit the number of drugs to be tracked.

That might have helped to prevent the counting of
victims such as Francois Cineus, a 6-month-old Miami
boy who died from sudden infant death syndrome but who
had tested positive for ketamine.

There were other mistakes not quite as obvious as
infants and senior citizens. The original list also
included deaths involving drugs that have been around
since the 1940s and don't fit what drug investigators
consider the "party" drug scene.

Locally, for example, the state counted seven
amphetamine-related deaths of middle-aged men,
including that of a 42-year-old Lockheed Martin
missile engineer, a 41-year-old man who shot himself
after losing his job and a 37-year-old pedestrian
killed by a hit-and-run driver.

Gore, the Orange-Osceola medical examiner, said none
of those cases should have been counted as
designer-drug-related deaths.

"I think it's very inappropriate. They should have
consulted us for sure," Gore said. "They need somebody
who really knows what's happening."

The reality is that the drug-abuse crisis is complex.
People in different age groups and in different walks
of life take different drugs. There is no
one-size-fits-all strategy to combatting the problem.
That requires a sophisticated breakdown of the
problem.

For example, amphetamine and a related drug,
methamphetamine, can be combined with other chemicals
to make the designer drug Ecstasy. But, by themselves,
they attract a different crowd of users.

"The typical meth user is a completely different
stereotype from the typical party-drug user," said Guy
Hargreaves, a special agent with the federal Drug
Enforcement Administration. "There really is a major
distinction."

Methamphetamine users in Florida range from teenagers
to working men and women in their 50s and 60s. They
are predominantly poor, rural whites or
Mexican-Americans, agents said. Few, if any, have ties
to what the Office of Drug Control considers the rave
or club scene, agents said.

"The kids I'm talking about wouldn't know a rave if
one crawled up their leg and bit them," said DEA
Special Agent Tom Feeney, head of a High Intensity
Drug Trafficking Area methamphetamine task force in
Tampa.

"They call it, 'Poor Man's Cocaine.' "

Designer and party drugs attract a much more affluent
group of users. Most tend to be non-Hispanic, middle
class and between the ages of 15 and 25, according to
drug agents working for the DEA, Florida Department of
Law Enforcement and the Orange County Sheriff's
Office. The state's list, however, included 93 deaths
of people 35 or older.

Another complication is that these drug deaths are
rarely as simple as someone who sniffed or swallowed
one drug. Most of Florida's cases involve users who
mixed a variety of drugs and alcohol.

And many deaths involve car wrecks or other accidents.

Drug-treatment specialists say the flaws in the
research are so significant that they could hurt
efforts to convince the public about the deadliness of
designer drugs.

"Questionable data on the nature of the problem will
tend to put all data in question," said Jim Hall,
executive director of Up Front Drug Information Center
in Miami and a researcher in trends for the National
Institute of Drug Abuse. "That's certainly a concern
we have . . . There's a tendency not to believe any of
that government drug data."

Hall's colleagues working for drug-treatment programs
in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Orlando, Jacksonville,
Tallahassee and west Florida voiced similar concerns.
Provide misleading or false information to teenagers
-- the most at-risk group -- and they'll never trust
you, they said.

Posted May 21 2000 1:01AM

Space Monkey
sorry for the long posts

[ToasTy]

Well.. one positive thing about the bill I noted, they wanted to do research on the drug and find ways to treat or reverse it's neurotoxic effects.. that's at least a positive step.

[Space Monkey]

I agree, but it's funny if you think about it though, would they be able to show it to anyone?

Space Monkey

[A.J.]

PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SECTION 6!!!!!!!!!


106th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2612
To combat Ecstasy trafficking, distribution, and abuse in the United
States, and for other purposes.
__________________________________________________ _____________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 23, 2000
Mr. Graham (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Biden, and Mr.
Bayh) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
__________________________________________________ _____________________
A BILL

To combat Ecstasy trafficking, distribution, and abuse in the United
States, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ecstasy Anti-Proliferation Act of
2000''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The illegal importation of 3,4-methylenedioxy
methamphetamine, commonly referred to as ``MDMA'' or
``Ecstasy'', has increased in recent years, as evidenced by the
fact that Ecstasy seizures by the United States Customs Service
have risen from less than 500,000 tablets during fiscal year
1997 to more than 4,000,000 tablets during the first 5 months
of fiscal year 2000.
(2) Use of Ecstasy can cause long-lasting, and perhaps
permanent, damage to the serotonin system of the brain, which
is fundamental to the integration of information and emotion,
and this damage can cause long-term problems with learning and
memory.
(3) Due to the popularity and marketability of Ecstasy,
there are numerous Internet websites with information on its
effects, production, and the locations of use, often referred
to as ``raves''. The availability of this information targets
the primary users of Ecstasy, who are most often college
students, young professionals, and other young people from
middle- to high-income families.
(4) Greater emphasis needs to be placed on--
(A) penalties associated with the manufacture,
distribution, and use of Ecstasy;
(B) the education of young people on the negative
health effects of Ecstasy, since the reputation of
Ecstasy as a ``safe'' drug is it's most dangerous
component;
(C) the education of State and local law
enforcement agencies regarding the growing problem of
Ecstasy trafficking across the United States;
(D) reducing the number of deaths caused by Ecstasy
use and its combined use with other ``club'' drugs and
alcohol; and
(E) adequate funding for research by the National
Institute on Drug Abuse to--
(i) identify those most vulnerable to using
Ecstasy and develop science-based prevention
approaches tailored to the specific needs of
individuals at high risk;
(ii) understand how Ecstasy produces its
toxic effects and how to reverse neurotoxic
damage;
(iii) develop treatments, including new
medications and behavioral treatment
approaches;
(iv) better understand the effects that
Ecstasy has on the developing children and
adolescents; and
(v) translate research findings into useful
tools and ensure their effective dissemination.
SEC. 3. ENHANCED PUNISHMENT OF ECSTASY TRAFFICKERS.
(a) Amendment to Federal Sentencing Guidelines.--Pursuant to its
authority under section 994(p) of title 28, United States Code, the
United States Sentencing Commission shall amend the Federal sentencing
guidelines regarding any offense relating to the manufacture,
importation, or exportation of, or trafficking in--
(1) 3,4-methylenedioxy methamphetamine;
(2) 3,4-methylenedioxy amphetamine;
(3) 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-ethylamphetamine; or
(4) any other controlled substance, as determined by the
Sentencing Commission in consultation with the Attorney
General, that is marketed as Ecstasy and that has either a
chemical structure substantially similar to that of 3,4-
methylenedioxy methamphetamine or and effect on the central
nervous system substantially similar to or greater than that of
3,4-methylenedioxy methamphetamine;
(including an attempt or conspiracy to commit an offense described in
paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4)) in violation of the Controlled
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), the Controlled Substances
Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 951 et seq.), or the Maritime Drug Law
Enforcement Act (46 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.).
(b) General Requirement.--In carrying out this section, the United
States Sentencing Commission shall, with respect to each offense
described in subsection (a)--
(1) review and amend the Federal sentencing guidelines to
provide for increased penalties such that those penalties are
comparable to the base offense levels for offenses involving
any methamphetamine mixture; and
(2) take any other action the Commission considers to be
necessary to carry out this subsection.
(c) Additional Requirements.--In carrying out this section, the
United States Sentencing Commission shall ensure that the Federal
sentencing guidelines for offenders convicted of offenses described in
subsection (a) reflect--
(1) the need for aggressive law enforcement action with
respect to offenses involving the controlled substances
described in subsection (a); and
(2) the dangers associated with unlawful activity involving
such substances, including--
(A) the rapidly growing incidence of abuse of the
controlled substances described in subsection (a) and
the threat to public safety that such abuse poses;
(B) the recent increase in the illegal importation
of the controlled substances described in subsection
(a);
(C) the young age at which children are beginning
to use the controlled substances described in
subsection (a); and
(D) any other factor that the Sentencing Commission
deems appropriate.
SEC. 4. ENHANCED PUNISHMENT OF GHB TRAFFICKERS.
(a) Amendment to Federal Sentencing Guidelines.--Pursuant to its
authority under section 994(p) of title 28, United States Code, the
United States Sentencing Commission shall amend the Federal sentencing
guidelines in accordance with this section with respect to any offense
relating to the manufacture, importation, or exportation of, or
trafficking in--
(1) gamma-hydroxybutyric acid and its salts; or
(2) the List I Chemical gamma-butyrolactone;
(including an attempt or conspiracy to commit an offense described in
paragraph (1) or (2)) in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (21
U.S.C. 801 et seq.), the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act
(21 U.S.C. 951 et seq.), or the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (46
U.S.C. 1901 et seq.).
(b) General Requirements.--In carrying out this section, the United
States Sentencing Commission shall with respect to each offense
described in subsection (a)--
(1) review and amend the Federal Sentencing guidelines to
provide for increased penalties such that those penalties
reflect the seriousness of these offenses and the need to deter
them;
(2) assure that the guidelines provide that offenses
involving a significant quantity of Schedule I and II
depressants are subject to greater terms of imprisonment than
currently provided by the guidelines and that such terms are
consistent with applicable statutory maximum penalties; and
(3) take any other action the Commission considers to be
necessary to carry out this subsection.
(c) Additional Requirements.--In carrying out this section, the
United States Sentencing Commission shall consider--
(1) the dangers associated with the use of the substances
described in subsection (a), and unlawful activity involving
such substances;
(2) the rapidly growing incidence of abuse of the
controlled substances described in subsection (a) and the
threat to public safety that such abuse poses, including the
dangers posed by overdose; and
(3) the recent increase in the illegal manufacture the
controlled substances described in subsection (a).
SEC. 5. EMERGENCY AUTHORITY TO SENTENCING COMMISSION.
The United States Sentencing Commission shall promulgate amendments
under this Act as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment
of this Act in accordance with the procedure set forth in section 21(a)
of the Sentencing Act of 1987 (Public Law 100-182), as though the
authority under that Act had not expired.
SEC. 6. PROHIBITION ON DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO THE
MANUFACTURE OR ACQUISITION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
Section 403 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 843) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(g) Prohibition on Distribution of Information Relating to
Manufacture or Acquisition of Controlled Substances.--
``(1) Controlled substance defined.--In this subsection,
the term `controlled substance' has the meaning given that term
in section 102(6) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C.
802(6)).
``(2) Prohibition.--It shall be unlawful for any person--
``(A) to teach or demonstrate the manufacture of a
controlled substance, or to distribute by any means
information pertaining to, in whole or in part, the
manufacture, acquisition, or use of a controlled
substance, with the intent that the teaching,
demonstration, or information be used for, or in
furtherance of, an activity that constitutes a crime;
or
``(B) to teach or demonstrate to any person the
manufacture of a controlled substance, or to distribute
to any person, by any means, information pertaining to,
in whole or in part, the manufacture, acquisition, or
use of a controlled substance, knowing or having reason
to know that such person intends to use the teaching,
demonstration, or information for, or in furtherance
of, an activity that constitutes an offense.
``(3) Penalty.--Any person who violates this subsection
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10
years, or both.''.
SEC. 7. ANTIDRUG MESSAGES ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INTERNET WEBSITES.
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
head of each department, agency, and establishment of the Federal
Government shall, in consultation with the Director of the Office of
National Drug Control Policy, place antidrug messages on appropriate
Internet websites controlled by such department, agency, or
establishment which messages shall, where appropriate, contain an
electronic hyperlink to the Internet website, if any, of the Office of
National Drug Control Policy.
SEC. 8. EXPANSION OF ECSTASY AND LIQUID ECSTASY ABUSE PREVENTION
EFFORTS.
(a) Public Health Service Assistance.--Part A of title V of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa et seq.) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 506. GRANTS FOR ECSTASY ABUSE PREVENTION.
``(a) Authority.--The Administrator may make grants to, and enter
into contracts and cooperative agreements with, public and nonprofit
private entities to enable such entities--
``(1) to carry out school-based programs concerning the
dangers of abuse of and addiction to 3,4-methylenedioxy
methamphetamine or related drugs, using methods that are
effective and science-based, including initiatives that give
students the responsibility to create their own antidrug abuse
education programs for their schools; and
``(2) to carry out community-based abuse and addiction
prevention programs relating to 3,4-methylenedioxy
methamphetamine or related drugs that are effective and
science-based.
``(b) Use of Funds.--Amounts made available under a grant, contract
or cooperative agreement under subsection (a) shall be used for
planning, establishing, or administering prevention programs relating
to 3,4-methylenedioxy methamphetamine or related drugs in accordance
with paragraph (3).
``(c)(1) Discretionary Functions.--Amounts provided under this
section may be used--
``(A) to carry out school-based programs that are focused
on those districts with high or increasing rates of abuse and
addiction to 3,4-methylenedioxy methamphetamine or related
drugs and targeted at populations that are most at risk to
start abuse of 3,4-methylenedioxy methamphetamine or related
drugs;
``(B) to carry out community-based prevention programs that
are focused on those populations within the community that are
most at-risk for abuse of and addiction to 3,4-methylenedioxy
methamphetamine or related drugs;
``(C) to assist local government entities to conduct
appropriate prevention activities relating to 3,4-
methylenedioxy methamphetamine or related drugs;
``(D) to train and educate State and local law enforcement
officials, prevention and education officials, health
professionals, members of community antidrug coalitions and
parents on the signs of abuse of and addiction to 3,4-
methylenedioxy methamphetamine or related drugs, and the
options for treatment and prevention;
``(E) for planning, administration, and educational
activities related to the prevention of abuse of and addiction
to 3,4-methylenedioxy methamphetamine or related drugs;
``(F) for the monitoring and evaluation of prevention
activities relating to 3,4-methylenedioxy methamphetamine or
related drugs, and reporting and disseminating resulting
information to the public; and
``(G) for targeted pilot programs with evaluation
components to encourage innovation and experimentation with new
methodologies.
``(2) Priority.--The Administrator shall give priority in making
grants under this subsection to rural and urban areas that are
experiencing a high rate or rapid increases in abuse and addiction to
3,4-methylenedioxy methamphetamine or related drugs.
``(d)(1) Prevention Program Allocation.--Not less than $500,000 of
the amount available in each fiscal year to carry out this section
shall be made available to the Administrator, acting in consultation
with other Federal agencies, to support and conduct periodic analyses
and evaluations of effective prevention programs for abuse of and
addiction to 3,4-methylenedioxy methamphetamine or related drugs and
the development of appropriate strategies for disseminating information
about and implementing these programs.
``(2) Report.--The Administrator shall submit an annual report
containing the results of the analyses and evaluations conducted under
paragraph (1) to--
``(A) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate; and
``(B) the Committee on Commerce, the Committee on the
Judiciary, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.
``(e) Authorization.-- There is authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this subsection--
``(1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; and
``(2) such sums as may be necessary for each succeeding
fiscal year.''.
(b) National Youth Antidrug Media Campaign.--In conducting the
national media campaign under section 102 of the Drug-Free Media
Campaign Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1801), the Director of the Office of
National Drug Control Policy shall ensure that such campaign addresses
the reduction and prevention of abuse of 3,4-methylenedioxy
methamphetamine or related drugs among young people in the United
States.