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Battle to outlaw synthetic drugs in Tampa not getting any easier listen

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Tags: K2, bath salts, war on drugs, synthetic drugs, synthetic marijuana, Tampa City Council, Hillsborough County Commission

Tampa might piggy back on a synthetic drug ordinance being considered by Hillsborough County in February. Tampa City Council members have been grappling with how to get the substances like bath salts and K2 off shelves and they may have to get creative to do it.

Synthetic marijuana called K2 and the designer stimulant widely known as bath salts are already illegal. At least the chemicals in them are. But they are packaged in a way that makes enforcing sales nearly impossible. [Hillsbor...