The Senate Judiciary Committee heard Sen. Merritt’s SB 271 on drug enforcement, treatment and prevention. This bill establishes the Indiana Commission to Combat Drug Abuse (ICCDA). It also repeals the Commission for a Drug Free Indiana and requires the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) to assume certain duties of the repealed Commission for a Drug Free Indiana concerning the … [Read more...] about Drug enforcement, treatment and prevention
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Criminal law matters
The Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Committee heard SB 290 authored by Sen. R. Michael Young on criminal law matters. The bill would (1) make possession of over 10 grams of a drug sufficient to convict for dealing offenses without additional evidence of intent to manufacture/deliver; (2) forbid probable-cause or reasonable-suspicion determinations to be based in any part on an … [Read more...] about Criminal law matters
Methamphetamine matters
The House Public Health Committee heard HB 1157, on methamphetamine matters, authored by Rep. Frizzell This bill defines "drug related felony", and requires courts to report drug related felonies to the state police department. This bill also requires the State Police Department to report drug related felonies to the National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx) so that NPLEx can generate … [Read more...] about Methamphetamine matters
Methamphetamine related property damage
The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard Rep. Carbush’s HB 1211 on methamphetamine related property damage. The bill includes the attempted manufacture of methamphetamine in the statutory definition of "methamphetamine abuse", provides that damaging property during: (1) the dealing or manufacture; or (2) the attempted dealing or manufacture; of cocaine, a narcotic drug, or … [Read more...] about Methamphetamine related property damage
Methamphetamine matters; pharmacists and ephedrine
The Corrections and Criminal Law Committee simultaneously heard SB 161 authored by Sen. Young on methamphetamine matters, and SB 80 authored by Sen. Head and Sen. Merritt on pharmacists and ephedrine. SB 80 further addresses pharmacist discretion in ephedrine or pseudoephedrine (PSE) sales. Both bills require reporting of drug-related felony convictions to the National Precursor Log … [Read more...] about Methamphetamine matters; pharmacists and ephedrine