This week, Governor Nikki Haley announced the signing of a new law in South Carolina that officially bans some 200 substances that comprise synthetic drugs like K2 and bath salts.
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Martini says the new law is important because it acts as a catch-all umbrella to the drugs — where manufacturers can make a slight change to the chemical compound and call it a brand new name.
Martini says the law also allows state regulators to make changes to the illegal compounds in the future.
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Martini says the law not only outlaws the substances — but also acts as an umbrella for future substances that are slightly different, but equally harmful.
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Martini praised the General Assembly and the local delegation for supporting the House bill that, she says, is very forward-thinking.
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Martini says there have been a number of instances locally where minors and young adults have experienced adverse symptoms from the synthetic drugs — and even one person in Anderson County who died from ingesting the product.
