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.)