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AG Bondi Supports Evers’ Synthetic Drug Bill
February 15, 2012
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday urged lawmakers to pass legislation filed in both chambers that would add new drugs to the list of banned substances under the state’s drug law.
The bills by Sen. Greg Evers, R-Baker and Rep. Clay Ingram, R-Pensacola, would make it a third-degree felony to sell, make, deliver, or possess with intent to sell new forms of “bath salts” and the synthetic cannabinoid K2 sometimes known as “Spice”.
Evers’ Senate bill is awaiting a hearing in the Health Regulation Committee, but Ingram’s House bill is ready for the floor.
“We will not allow chemists who are altering the components of these dangerous synthetic drugs to circumvent state law,” Bondi said in a statement. “Prompt action by the Legislature will help protect our communities from the growing threat of synthetic drug abuse.”
“People who sell and use these deadly drugs threaten their own lives and the lives of those around them,” Ingram said. “We must act now and remove these drugs from the shelves and out of the hands of abusers.”
“This legislation is essential in banning these dangerous substances that are wreaking havoc on the lives of Floridians across our state,” Evers stated.
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2 Responses to “AG Bondi Supports Evers’ Synthetic Drug Bill”
Just what we need are more laws. Bondi lost my support with her pre-mature endorsement of Mitt Romney. I am much more concerned about holding on to my constitutional rights as opposed to expanding the power of either state or federal governments.
Isn’t it time we had a serious discussion about legalizing certain “natural” drugs and de-criminalizing others? Wouldn’t our money be better spent in treatment than prosecution? You know what destroys alot more lives than marijuana use? Having a third degree felony on your record for the rest of your life. Wake up people – this is an exercise in futility. We ban the natural, relatively safe marijuana and these more dangerous alternatives crop up. Pam Bondi and the legislature are intent on playing wack-a-mole here.