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Newport Police, Officials Worried About New Synthetic Street Drug


Posted on Oct 19, 2010

A new street drug is causing police and city officials to take notice.  The drug, called Spice, is a synthetic blend of chemically treated, smokable leaves.  Though it has been called a safer form of marijuana, over 1,500 calls related to the drug have been made to U.S.  Poison Centers so far this year.  Local reports from the Virginia Poison Center show that dozens of people have been taken to the emergency room for overdose or adverse reactions.

Patients who have taken the drug have suffered from elevated heart rates, seizures, heightened blood pressure and intense feelings of agitation and paranoia.

While police officials from Chesapeake and Virginia Beach do not consider the drug a serious problem, officials in Norfolk will not wait for the state to make the drug illegal.  Norfolk's Convenience Store Task Force has been out force, targeting smoke shops and convenience stores known to carry the drug.

One local store was found to have mass quantities of the drug and closed soon after the city inspection.  However, three other locations are still carrying it and advertise 15 different brands of "herbal incense".  The drug is often packaged and sold as incense and has been popular among teens and military personnel. 

Nationally, Alabama and Kansas have made the purchase and sale of the drug illegal.  Del. Paula Miller, D-Norfolk, has submitted a request for legislation that would make the chemicals in Spice illegal.  Similar bills are being considered by the State Crime Commission and the attorney general's office.

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