Senate panel advances spice bill

The Senate Judiciary Committee has advanced a bill that would crack down on the use of synthetic forms of marijuana called "spice." Senate File 29 now goes to the full Senate for consideration. The bill would expand the definition of spice and would outlaw more chemical compounds that are used to make the drugs. In 2011, the Legislature approved a bill outlawing spice. But Democratic Sen. Floyd Esquibel, of Cheyenne, says those who make spice often come up with different compounds to make the drug and the law needs to be updated to ban those new compounds.