Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act
Encyclopedia
The Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act of 2003 is a United States federal law enacted as a rider
within the PROTECT Act on April 30, 2003. A substantially similar Act was proposed during the previous Congress
as the Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act
(RAVE Act).
Joseph Biden, who was also the writer of the Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act. Biden attached the legislation as a rider
to the bill creating the popular AMBER Alert
system, in order to get it passed without debate
.
Rider (legislation)
In legislative procedure, a rider is an additional provision added to a bill or other measure under the consideration by a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill. Riders are usually created as a tactic to pass a controversial provision that would not pass as its...
within the PROTECT Act on April 30, 2003. A substantially similar Act was proposed during the previous Congress
United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
as the Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act
Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act
The Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act, commonly known as the RAVE Act, was a bill proposed in the United States Senate during the 107th Congress...
(RAVE Act).
Legislative history
The RAVE Act was originally sponsored by SenatorUnited States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
Joseph Biden, who was also the writer of the Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act. Biden attached the legislation as a rider
Rider (legislation)
In legislative procedure, a rider is an additional provision added to a bill or other measure under the consideration by a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill. Riders are usually created as a tactic to pass a controversial provision that would not pass as its...
to the bill creating the popular AMBER Alert
AMBER Alert
An AMBER Alert or a Child Abduction Emergency is a child abduction alert bulletin in several countries throughout the world, issued upon the suspected abduction of a child, since 1996...
system, in order to get it passed without debate
Debate
Debate or debating is a method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion...
.
Purpose
This act authorizes funds to educate parents and kids on the dangers of Ecstasy and other drugs. It also directs the United States Sentencing Commission to consider increasing federal sentencing penalties for offenses involving GHB, a drug used to facilitate sexual assaults; and it makes clear that anyone who knowingly opens, leases, rents, or maintains, whether permanently or temporarily, any place for the purpose of using, distributing or manufacturing any controlled substance, can be held accountable. The new law also makes it unlawful for a manager, employee or owner, to profit from, or make available for use, any place for the purpose of storing, distributing, manufacturing, or using a controlled substance.See also
- MethylenedioxymethamphetamineMethylenedioxymethamphetamineMDMA is an entactogenic drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine class of drugs. In popular culture, MDMA has become widely known as "ecstasy" , usually referring to its street pill form, although this term may also include the presence of possible adulterants...
(MDMA, "ecstasy") - Retracted article on neurotoxicity of ecstasyRetracted article on neurotoxicity of ecstasy"Severe dopaminergic neurotoxicity in primates after a common recreational dose regimen of MDMA' ", was a paper by Dr. George Ricaurte which was published in the leading journal Science, and later retracted....
- Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy ActReducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy ActThe Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act, commonly known as the RAVE Act, was a bill proposed in the United States Senate during the 107th Congress...