Wynn, Mike 1/1/1997 - 31/12/2024
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1US KY: Ky's Drug Efforts Turn Back To SyntheticsFri, 01 Jan 2016
Source:Courier-Journal, The (Louisville, KY) Author:Wynn, Mike Area:Kentucky Lines:Excerpt Added:01/01/2016

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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