Pamela's Law is legislation that was passed in 2011 by the New Jersey Legislature

New Jersey Legislature

The New Jersey Legislature is the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state of New Jersey. In its current form, as defined by the New Jersey Constitution of 1947, the Legislature consists of two houses: the General Assembly and the Senate...

 and signed by Governor Chris Christie that bans the sale or possession of methylenedioxypyrovalerone.

History

It is named after Pamela Schmidt, a Rutgers University

Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...

student who was murdered in March of 2011. William Parisio, Jr., who was suspected of being under the influence of methylenedioxypyrovalerone was charged with her murder.

The prosecution announced on September 2, 2011 that the drug did not exist in Parisio's system at the time of his arrest on March 14, 2011.