Democrats Halt Meth Bill Censorship7/20/2000; 9:44:50 AM 'H.R. 2987, also known as the Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act of 1999, was scheduled for a full-committee markup Wednesday but was postponed due to Democratic concerns over proposed amendments which came as a surprise to Democrats on the committee.'It was not stopped because of the provisions in the bill causing it to be covered on this site regarding censorship, it was stopped because of some amendments to the bill.'The amendments in question proposed mandatory minimums for those found in violation of the act and included Ecstasy and similar narcotics in a "Club Drug Proliferation" section.'...'"Nobody knows what part is going to get you in trouble. If you teach someone how to use a Bunsen burner, is this sufficient to get you indicted? Nobody really knows," [Mary] Johnson [of the ACLU] said.'