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Today's Poll!Mo. lawmakers seek ban on ‘bath salt’ drugs
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Some Missouri lawmakers want to outlaw synthetic hallucinogenic drugs that are marketed as bath salts and to expand a ban on synthetic marijuana.
House Republican Ward Franz, of West Plains, is sponsoring legislation to make possession of the drugs sold as bath salts a Class C felony.
He also wants to ban all synthetic substances that are similar to marijuana, making possession of up to 35 grams a misdemeanor and higher amounts a felony. A law passed last year banned one such substance, known as K2. Franz’s bill would ban all similar synthetics.
Columbia attorney Dan Viets says the bill would increase the number of people prosecuted for drug crimes, increasing costs for the state’s prison system and public defender offices.
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Synthetic drugs is HB641
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Legislature: http://www.moga.mo.gov
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Comments
wcywing 2 years, 2 months ago
please, put people in for doing real crimes. this is nonsense.
JMO 2 years, 2 months ago
Let's also outlaw nail polish remover, cleaning supplies, canned air for cleaning keyboards and those stinky permanent markers too. Because people get high sniffing them. You can't outlaw everything that people use to get high and it's a huge waste of time and effort to try.
rmsberengaria 2 years, 2 months ago
I agree you can't ban everything. It is a huge waste of time we have so many more important issues to worry about. The effects are horrible and many commit suicide but, you can also hang yourself with rope to should we ban rope?
sillyrabbit 2 years, 2 months ago
If guns are responsible for killing people then drugs are also responsible for gettting people high.
Rison 2 years, 2 months ago
Oh no, something is hurting cigarette and alcohol's bottom line again. Quick, outlaw it so we can keep getting lobby money!
JCLifer 2 years, 2 months ago
Kids have been huffing freon from air conditioners for years. I hope they don't ban air conditioning- especially with all the global warming we've had the last few years.
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