Donald L. Grunsky

{{short description|American politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Donald L. Grunsky

|image = Donald L. Grunsky, 1971.jpg

|caption =

|birth_date = {{birth date|1915|10|19}}

|birth_place = San Francisco, California

|death_date = {{death date and age|2000|1|13|1915|10|19}}

|death_place = Santa Cruz, California

|office = Member of the California State Senate

|constituency = 23rd district (1953–1967)
17th district (1967–1976)

|term = January 5, 1953 – November 30, 1976

|preceded = H. R. Judah

|succeeded = Bob Nimmo

|state_assembly2= California

|district2 = 32nd

|term2 = January 6, 1947 – January 5, 1953

|preceded2 = Jacob M. Leonard

|succeeded2 = Wallace Henderson

|party = Republican

|spouse = Mary Lou

|children =

|education =

|branch = {{flag|United States Navy}}

|battles = World War II

}}

Donald Lucius Grunsky (October 19, 1915 – January 13, 2000) served in the California State Assembly for the 32nd district from 1947 to 1953, and served in the California State Senate for the 23rd and 17th district from 1953 to 1976.{{cite web|title= Join California - Donald L. Grunsky|url=http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/5525|website=joincalifornia.com}} During World War II he also served in the United States Navy.{{cite book|last1=Vassar|first1=Alexander C.|title=Legislators of California|date=2011|url=http://media.onevoter.org/reports/Legislators_of_California.pdf|accessdate=23 November 2016}} Grunsky is best known for having sponsored the legislation that made the hallucinogen LSD illegal."LSD", in Encyclopedia of Drug Policy (SAGE Publications, 2011) After California became the first state to ban the drug, effective October 6, 1966, other states followed suit and the U.S. federal government included LSD as one of its Schedule I drugs under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970.Albert Somit and Steven A. Peterson, Biopolicy: The Life Sciences and Public Policy (Emerald Group Publishing, 2012) p232"Grunsky Explains His LSD Law", Santa Cruz (CA) Sentinel, October 5, 1966, p1