U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar and a bipartisan group of senators have introduced legislation to help fight synthetic drugs, Klobuchar’s office announced Wednesday.

The Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act would make it easier to prosecute the sale and distribution of “analogue” drugs, which are synthetic substances that are substantially similar to illegal drugs.

Current law makes it difficult to prosecute new synthetic drugs, as analogues because they are often labeled “not intended for human consumption” despite their well-known use as recreational drugs with dangerous side effects.

“New synthetic drugs constantly come onto the market. We need to give our law enforcement agencies the tools they need to combat them,” Klobuchar said in a statement. “This commonsense bipartisan legislation makes it easier to crack down on new synthetic drugs the minute they hit the market.”

The SALTS Act amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow for consideration of a number of factors when determining whether a controlled substance analogue was intended for human consumption, including the marketing, advertising, and labeling of a substance, and its known use.

In addition to Klobuchar, the legislation was introduced by several Democratic and Republican senators.

In 2014, a resolution Klobuchar wrote to promote awareness among youth about the dangers of synthetic drugs passed the Senate. In 2012, her provisions outlawing harmful synthetic substances such as 2C-E, which led to the death of a Minnesota teenager and hospitalized several others, were passed into law as part of the larger Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act.

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar and a bipartisan group of senators have introduced legislation to help fight synthetic drugs, Klobuchar’s office announced Wednesday.

The Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act would make it easier to prosecute the sale and distribution of “analogue” drugs, which are synthetic substances that are substantially similar to illegal drugs.

Current law makes it difficult to prosecute new synthetic drugs, as analogues because they are often labeled “not intended for human consumption” despite their well-known use as recreational drugs with dangerous side effects.

“New synthetic drugs constantly come onto the market. We need to give our law enforcement agencies the tools they need to combat them,” Klobuchar said in a statement. “This commonsense bipartisan legislation makes it easier to crack down on new synthetic drugs the minute they hit the market.”

The SALTS Act amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow for consideration of a number of factors when determining whether a controlled substance analogue was intended for human consumption, including the marketing, advertising, and labeling of a substance, and its known use.

In addition to Klobuchar, the legislation was introduced by several Democratic and Republican senators.

In 2014, a resolution Klobuchar wrote to promote awareness among youth about the dangers of synthetic drugs passed the Senate. In 2012, her provisions outlawing harmful synthetic substances such as 2C-E, which led to the death of a Minnesota teenager and hospitalized several others, were passed into law as part of the larger Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act.