{"id":45110,"date":"2016-04-07T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T23:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/california-assembly-committee-delivers-2nd-punch-to-powdered-alcohol-passes-ab-1554-to-ban-the-product-in-the-state\/"},"modified":"2016-04-07T14:28:03","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T18:28:03","slug":"el-comite-de-la-asamblea-de-california-da-un-segundo-golpe-al-alcohol-en-polvo-aprueba-el-pla-1554-para-prohibir-el-producto-en-el-estado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/el-comite-de-la-asamblea-de-california-da-un-segundo-golpe-al-alcohol-en-polvo-aprueba-el-pla-1554-para-prohibir-el-producto-en-el-estado\/","title":{"rendered":"California Assembly Committee Delivers 2nd Punch to Powdered Alcohol, Passes AB 1554 to Ban the Product in the State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SACRAMENTO, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 6, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Alcohol Justice and the California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA) are reporting today that the second of two state bills to ban powdered alcohol in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> has been passed by the Assembly Committee on Governmental Organization (GO).\u00a0<i>&#8220;Kudos to Assemblymember Irwin and the members of the GO Committee for their leadership on this issue,&#8221; <\/i>stated <span class=\"xn-person\">Michael Scippa<\/span>, Public Affairs Director for Alcohol Justice.\u00a0 <i>&#8220;We are hopeful that <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> will soon join the 30 other states which have already enacted precedent-setting, preemptory bans on this dangerous alcoholic product.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20110727\/DC41105LOGO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20110727\/DC41105LOGO<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>AB 1554, and an identical measure in the Senate (SB 819 &#8211; authored by Senator <span class=\"xn-person\">Bob Huff<\/span>, R-<span class=\"xn-location\">Diamond Bar<\/span>), will create a comprehensive pre-emptive stop to a chilling litany of health and safety concerns associated with powdered or crystalline alcohol. The bills will prohibit the possession, purchase, sale, offer for sale, distribution, manufacture, or use of powdered alcohol and would make the violation of these provisions punishable with a fine. <\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;When youth\u00a0binge drinking and alcohol-related deaths are already at epidemic levels in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>, the last thing we need is a product which is inherently easy to conceal, transport, and marketed as a way to make super-charged cocktails on the go,&#8221;\u00a0<\/i>said Assemblymember Irwin (D-<span class=\"xn-location\">Thousand Oaks<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;I am encouraged by today&#8217;s vote which puts us one step closer to keeping this product out of the hands of <span class=\"xn-location\">California&#8217;s<\/span> youth.&#8221; <\/i><\/p>\n<p>An impressive group of public health and safety advocates from across the state came together to support her bill, including:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Alcohol Justice <\/li>\n<li>Alcohol Policy Panel of <span class=\"xn-location\">San Diego County<\/span> <\/li>\n<li>Association of California Healthcare Districts <\/li>\n<li>Association for <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span> Deputy Sheriffs <\/li>\n<li>California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA) <\/li>\n<li>California Association of Code Enforcement Officers <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-org\">California College<\/span> and University Police Chiefs Association <\/li>\n<li>California Council on Alcohol Problems <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> District Attorneys Association <\/li>\n<li>California Friday Night Live Partnership <\/li>\n<li>California Narcotic Officers Association <\/li>\n<li>Children&#8217;s Hospital Los Angeles <\/li>\n<li>Consumer Federation of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> <\/li>\n<li>County Health Executives Association of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> <\/li>\n<li>County Behavioral Health Directors Association \u2013 <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> (CBHDA) <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">Contra Costa<\/span> Board of Supervisors <\/li>\n<li>Eden Youth and Family Center <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">El Dorado County<\/span> Board of Supervisors <\/li>\n<li>Health Officers Association of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> <\/li>\n<li>Institute for Public Strategies <\/li>\n<li>Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers Association <\/li>\n<li>Los Angeles Drug and Alcohol Policy Alliance <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span> Police Protective League <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">Marin County<\/span> Board of Supervisors <\/li>\n<li>McGeorge Legislative &amp; Public Policy Clinic <\/li>\n<li>Pacific Clinics <\/li>\n<li>Partnership for a Positive Pomona <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">Placer County<\/span> Board of Supervisors <\/li>\n<li>Pueblo y Salud, Inc. <\/li>\n<li>Riverside Sheriffs Association <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span> Board of Supervisors <\/li>\n<li>Santa Barbara Fights Back Coalition <\/li>\n<li>Saving Lives Coalition <\/li>\n<li>Social Model Recovery Systems <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">Sonoma County<\/span> Board of Supervisors <\/li>\n<li>Techniques for Effective Alcohol Management (TEAM) <\/li>\n<li>Youth Leadership Institute <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">Ventura County<\/span> Board of Supervisors <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">Ventura County<\/span> Sheriff&#8217;s Department<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Last March, Alcohol Justice requested emergency legislative action nationwide and in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> in response to news that the U.S. Alcohol &amp; Tobacco Tax &amp; Trade Bureau (TTB) approved labels for the powdered alcohol product, <i>Palcohol.<\/i> The TTB approval gave a green light to begin marketing it wherever legal. Since then, 30 states have permanently banned powdered alcohol. Two states have enacted temporary one-year statutory bans, and three states are regulating it under existing alcohol statutes.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;Powdered Alcohol has a high potential to attract youth with its convenience, fruity flavors and portability,&#8221; <\/i>stated Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Jim Kooler<\/span>, spokesperson for California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA), and Administrator of the California Friday Night Live Partnership and the California Center for Youth Development and Health Promotion. &#8220;<i>Young people who begin drinking before age 15 are four times more likely to develop alcohol dependence and are two and half times more likely to become abusers of alcohol than those who being drinking at age 21.&#8221; <\/i><\/p>\n<p>AB 1554 passed by unanimous vote with no opposition in the GO Committee and will now move through one more committee before being voted upon by the full Assembly.\u00a0 In the Senate, the Appropriations Committee will review SB 819, Senator Huff&#8217;s powdered alcohol ban bill, on <span class=\"xn-chron\">Monday April 11<\/span>. That bill passed through the Senate GO Committee on a unanimous vote early last month.<\/p>\n<p><i><b>For more information:<\/b><\/i><i><b>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/alcoholpolicyalliance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/alcoholpolicyalliance.org\/<\/a><br \/><\/b><\/i><b><i>To TAKE ACTION: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1x1qvbT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1x1qvbT<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Contact: <span class=\"xn-person\">Michael Scippa<\/span> 415 548-0492<br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Jorge Castillo<\/span> 213 840-3336<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SACRAMENTO, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 6, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Alcohol Justice and the California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA) are reporting today that the second of two state bills to ban powdered alcohol in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> has been passed by the Assembly Committee on Governmental Organization (GO).\u00a0<i>&#8220;Kudos to Assemblymember Irwin and the members of the GO Committee for their leadership on this issue,&#8221; <\/i>stated <span class=\"xn-person\">Michael Scippa<\/span>,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45126,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salud"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}