AM 1240 WJON » synthetic drugs http://wjon.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:09:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Duluth Residents: Help Us Take On Synthetic Drugs http://wjon.com/duluth-residents-help-us-take-on-synthetic-drugs/ http://wjon.com/duluth-residents-help-us-take-on-synthetic-drugs/#comments Sat, 08 Jun 2013 13:42:32 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=194179 Duluth residents are calling on Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson for help combating synthetic drugs.

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]]> http://wjon.com/duluth-residents-help-us-take-on-synthetic-drugs/feed/ 0 Minn. Head Shop Owner Pleads Not Guilty To Charges http://wjon.com/minn-head-shop-owner-pleads-not-guilty-to-charges/ http://wjon.com/minn-head-shop-owner-pleads-not-guilty-to-charges/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:03:02 +0000 Ashli Gerdes http://wjon.com/?p=157058 The owner of a Duluth head shop and three workers have pleaded not guilty to federal charges of selling synthetic drugs that authorities say were misbranded and marketed as incense, potpourri or bath salts.

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]]> http://wjon.com/minn-head-shop-owner-pleads-not-guilty-to-charges/feed/ 0 Obama Signs Ban on Synthetic Drugs Into Law http://wjon.com/obama-signs-ban-on-synthetic-drugs-into-law/ http://wjon.com/obama-signs-ban-on-synthetic-drugs-into-law/#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:29:46 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=116742 President Barack Obama has signed legislation outlawing synthetic drugs, including a substance that led to the death of a Minnesota teen last year. U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar sponsored the legislation.

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]]> http://wjon.com/obama-signs-ban-on-synthetic-drugs-into-law/feed/ 0 Charges: Driver Under Influence Of Synthetic Drug http://wjon.com/charges-driver-under-influence-of-synthetic-drug/ http://wjon.com/charges-driver-under-influence-of-synthetic-drug/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:46:15 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=21108 A prosecutor says a Rochester man may be the state's first person charged with driving under the influence of a synthetic drug. Forty-six-year-old Michael Andrist was arrested near Rosemount Sunday after a brief chase.

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]]> http://wjon.com/charges-driver-under-influence-of-synthetic-drug/feed/ 0 Photo: eBay seller eggy074 AP IMPACT – Synthetic Drugs Send Thousands To ER http://wjon.com/ap-impact-synthetic-drugs-send-thousands-to-er/ http://wjon.com/ap-impact-synthetic-drugs-send-thousands-to-er/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:32:59 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=11957 Synthetic substances that mimic marijuana, cocaine and other illegal drugs are making users across the nation seriously ill, causing seizures and hallucinations and even killing some.

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]]> http://wjon.com/ap-impact-synthetic-drugs-send-thousands-to-er/feed/ 0 Klobuchar To Introduce Bill To Ban Synthetic Drug http://wjon.com/klobuchar-to-introduce-bill-to-ban-synthetic-drug/ http://wjon.com/klobuchar-to-introduce-bill-to-ban-synthetic-drug/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:53:08 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=10597 U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is proposing legislation that would ban a synthetic drug that killed one Minnesotan last week and sent 10 others to the hospital. Klobuchar says Monday that the drug called 2C-E should be illegal. Klobuchar already co-sponsored legislation that would permanently ban chemicals found in synthetic marijuana and other drugs. She says she'll work to include a ban on 2C-E in the existing bill.

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]]> http://wjon.com/klobuchar-to-introduce-bill-to-ban-synthetic-drug/feed/ 0 Amy Klobuchar