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Pubdate: Fri, 01 Jan 2016
Source: Courier-Journal, The (Louisville, KY)
Copyright: 2016 The Courier-Journal
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Website: http://www.courier-journal.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/97
Author: Mike Wynn
KY'S DRUG EFFORTS TURN BACK TO SYNTHETICS
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Kentucky's evolving battle with drug abuse will
continue into the 2016 General Assembly as lawmakers intensify
efforts against synthetic drugs that can slip into communities via
the Internet, wreaking sudden havoc.
The legislature has enacted at least four bills targeting synthetics
since 2010 and is seeking to amp up penalties for traffickers next
year following an outbreak in Lewis County of the toxic synthetic
drug called "flakka."
"They are no less dangerous than anything else out there, and in many
cases, more dangerous," said Van Ingram, head of the state Office of
Drug Control Policy. "It seems to pop up in a certain community and
makes a run for a short time. Then it fizzles out there and shows up
somewhere else."
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom
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