Klausner drops push to increase penalties for illegal Viagra use

"Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, director of the San Francisco health department's STD prevention section, filed a citizen petition on August 5, 2004 with the Food and Drug Administration asking the agency to reclassify the medications, including Pfizer's Viagra, ISOC Inc.'s Cialis, and GlaxoSmithKline's Levitra, as Schedule III controlled substances. Under such classification, anyone in possession of the drugs could face local or state prosecution, and dealers of the substances, if caught, could be given up to five years in prison and a fine of $250,000 for a first offense." [Bay Area Reporter]