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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Ephedra Prohibition Act is amended by
5changing Section 5 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 602/5)
7    Sec. 5. Findings. The The General Assembly finds the
8following:
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.)