NY S02013

Creates new penal law section 220.66 making it a class E felony to knowingly sell, use, or possess synthetic drugs without a valid prescription from a licensed physician or psychiatrist in New York state

Defines "synthetic drug" to include products marketed as tobacco, potpourri, herbs, incense, spice, bath salts, or synthetic marijuana that contain specified hallucinogenic substances

Lists five categories of prohibited synthetic substances: synthetic cannabinoids (20 specific compounds), substituted cathinones (20 compounds including "bath salts"), substituted phenethylamines (7 compounds), substituted phenylpiperazines (6 compounds), and substituted tryptamines

Covers structural analogs and chemical derivatives of all listed compounds, as well as any substance causing toxic effects including vomiting, rapid heart rate, hallucinations, delusions, or babbling

Exempts substances approved by the FDA as legitimate pharmaceutical compounds or listed in other schedules, and requires written proof of prescription to avoid prosecution