HM 731

1	House Memorial
2	A memorial to the Congress of the United States, urging
3	Congress to ban the sale, distribution, and possession of
4	methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDVP).
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6	WHEREAS, methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) is a
7	psychoactive drug with stimulant properties and has no history
8	of FDA-approved medical use, and
9	WHEREAS, MDPV acts as a stimulant and has been reported to
10	have amphetamine-like or cocaine-type effects, which include
11	physical rapid heartbeat, vasoconstriction, sweating, euphoria,
12	anxiety, agitation, perception of a diminished requirement for
13	food and sleep, and increases in alertness, awareness,
14	wakefulness, arousal, and blood pressure and
15	WHEREAS, Florida's Attorney General has issued an emergency
16	order banning the sale of substances containing MDVP in the
17	state for a limited period, and
18	WHEREAS, federal action is needed to control MDVP and keep
19	it from entering this state from elsewhere, NOW, THEREFORE,
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21	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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23	That the Congress of the United States is urged to ban the
24	sale, distribution, and possession of methylenedioxypyrovalerone
25	(MDVP).
26	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
27	dispatched to the President of the United States, to the
28	President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the
29	United States House of Representatives, and to each member of
30	the Florida delegation to the United States Congress.

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