Italy Bans the Sale of Salvia Divinorum

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Official Gazette N. 185 of 9 August 2004

MINISTRY OF THE HEALTH

DECREE 25 june 2004

Disposition of seizure from the commerce of the containing products salvia divinorum or its active principle salvinorina To.

THE MINISTER OF THE HEALTH
Seen the law 23 Decembers 1978, n. 833, and in particular the art. 32; Seen articles 13 and 14 of the decree of the President of Republic 9 October 1990, n. 309, bringing the Unified Body of Laws of the laws in matter of discipline of narcotics and substances psicotrope, prevention, cure and riabilitazione of the be relati ones to you of drug addiction;

Taken action that in the course of year 2003 has reached the Ministry of the health relative signallings to the sale near some exercises trade them of origin products vegetable made up of salvia divinorum;

Seen it turns out you of the analyses chemistries carried out on champions of substances, seized from the Nucleus antisophistication of the Arm of i police officers, from the laboratory of clinical biochemistry of the Institute advanced of sanita' transmitted to the Ministry of the health with famous prot. n. 040550/BCL.12 - 046053/BCL.12 - 046054/BCL.12 - 046056/BCL.12 - 046058/BCL.12 of 23 December 2003;

Considered that the salvinorina To, active principle of the salvia divinorum, e' one substance with attivita' allucinogena that puo' to involve abuse conditions and puo' for rendering manifest some latent psychiatric pathologies like the psychosis acute and the psychosis depressive also in irreversible way;

Inasmuch as salvia the divinorum and the salvinorina are not inserted in it lists previewed from the international Convention on substances psicotrope of 1971;

Taken to action that e' be started the procedure of insertion in table of which to the art. 14 of over cited decree of the President of the Republic 9 October 1990, n. 309, of salvia the dvinorum and of the salvinorina To;

Held account that the advanced Institute of sanita' has expressed with famous prot. n. The 9 22731/FARM/BCL.12 of june 2004 to seem favorable to the insertion of salvia the divinorum and the salvinorina To in table of the drugs and psicotrope of which to the article 14 of the presidential decree 9 October 1990, n. 309;

Held account that the Higher council of sanita', section V, in the sitting of 24 February 2004 it has expressed to seem favorable for the emission of a provision of prohibition of sale of the salvia divinorum, nonche' of its active principle, salvinorina To, thinking that such substances are really dangerous for the public health;

Taken action that salvia the divinorum and the salvinorina To are substances whose assumption constitutes danger for the public health;

Thought, therefore, of having to emanate, cautelativamente, to protection of the public health, one contingibile and urgent decree to the senses of the art. 32 of the law 23 Decembers 1978, n. 833.

It orders:

Art. 1.
1, Disposed E' the seizure from the commerce of the containing products salvia divinorum or its active principle salvinorina To, in the more of the conclusion of the iter of insertion in the table of drugs and psicotrope of which to the art. 14 of the decree of President of the Republic 9 October 1990, n. 309, and in any case for a not advanced period to six months from the date of the entrance in vigor of the present decree;

Art. 2.
1. Commando NAS e' person in charge of the execution of the present decree. The present provision e' transmitted to the Auditing Department for published recording and in the Official Gazette of the Republic Italian.

Rome, 25 june 2004
The Minister: Sirchia
Recorded to the the 28 Auditing Department July 2004 Office of control estimate on the Ministries of the services to person and of the cultural assets, registry n. 5 Health, sheet n. 86