HB456 Summary

• Amends Section 20-2-23 of the Code of Alabama 1975 to add the drug 25-I (25I-NBOMe) to the Schedule I list of banned controlled substances.

• Classifies 25-I as a controlled substance analog with hallucinogenic properties, treating it the same as other Schedule I controlled substances.

• Establishes legislative findings that synthetic controlled substance analogs pose abuse potential similar to or greater than existing controlled substances and require rapid identification and control.

• Requires the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences to notify the Alabama Department of Public Health after determining a substance to be a controlled substance analog.

• The act is known as the Gil Collar Act and becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and gubernatorial approval.