New York ephedra
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Bill to ban ephedra sale statewide passes Senate June 12 and is referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs & Protection Committee. Certified alternative medicine practitioners would be exempt, unless prescribing for weight loss, body building or "energy food." First time violators would receive "stop sale order," repeat offenders would be subject to civil penalty of "not more than five hundred dollars per violation," bill states...