A new designer drug meant to mimic the effects of marijuana under the name Spice or K2 appears to be on the hitlist of the DEA. Emergency action taken by the Drug Enforcement Administration will ban the sale of the drugs for one year while the five chemicals used to make the herb blends are studied for a permanent ban.
During this temporary ban, five chemicals used to make Spice and other brands of treated herbs would be listed as a Schedule I substances, the DEA's most restrictive category.
Other Schedule I drugs include natural marijuana, heroin and methamphetamine.
During the Rock Springs City Council meetingthis week, Mayor Tim Kaumo requested the city attorney's office to look into a possible municipal ban on Spice .
“It's my intent to see if there's a possibility to create local legislation to ban Spice or paraphernalia,” Kaumo said.
The city can't ban Spice until the state legislature passes legislation to consider the chemicals used to make Spice controlled substances according to assistant city attorney Richard Beckwith.
In Rock Springs, it is possible that anyone caught smoking Spice could be cited for inhaling a toxic substance, a citation normally given for huffing.
That's because the advertised use is as incense and its label advising against human consumption.
During this temporary ban, five chemicals used to make Spice and other brands of treated herbs would be listed as a Schedule I substances, the DEA's most restrictive category.
Other Schedule I drugs include natural marijuana, heroin and methamphetamine.
During the Rock Springs City Council meetingthis week, Mayor Tim Kaumo requested the city attorney's office to look into a possible municipal ban on Spice .
“It's my intent to see if there's a possibility to create local legislation to ban Spice or paraphernalia,” Kaumo said.
The city can't ban Spice until the state legislature passes legislation to consider the chemicals used to make Spice controlled substances according to assistant city attorney Richard Beckwith.
In Rock Springs, it is possible that anyone caught smoking Spice could be cited for inhaling a toxic substance, a citation normally given for huffing.
That's because the advertised use is as incense and its label advising against human consumption.
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