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Newshawk: http://www.novembercoalition.org
Pubdate: Sat, 27 Nov 2010
Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN)
Copyright: 2010 St. Paul Pioneer Press
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Website: http://www.twincities.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/379
Author: Frederick Melo
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/K2
'FAKE POT' FACING A REAL CRACKDOWN IN MINNESOTA
2 State Lawmakers Plan To Seek Ban; DEA Studies Illegal-Drug
ClassificationThe days of Spice, K2, Yucatan Fire, Smoke, Skunk and
Red X Dawn may be numbered. In fact, "fake pot" needs to be off store
shelves in 30 days.
While federal regulators are promising a yearlong crackdown, two
Minnesota lawmakers are pushing statewide legislation to ban fake pot,
or synthetic marijuana, an increasingly popular recreational drug that
police say has led to a proliferation of calls to poison control
centers for symptoms far more serious than anything typically
associated with cannabis.
The drug, which is legally available in convenience stores and tobacco
shops under names like Spice and K2, is usually sold in potpourri or
incense packaging with a small warning label indicating it is not for
human consumption, "but the labels are useless compared with the lure
of a legal high," said state Sen. Katie Sieben, DFL-Newport.
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MAP posted-by: Richard Lake
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