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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Ocean City Bans Synthetic Marijuana


Officials in the beach resort town of Ocean City have banned synthetic marijuana.

Mayor Rick Meehan signed an emergency ordinance Tuesday banning the sale, possession and manufacturing of K2 and other substances sometimes known as "spice" that contain marijuana imitations or hallucinogenic agents, and any associated paraphernalia. The town council had approved the measures.


Councilman Joe Hall dissented, saying he preferred to wait for state action. But Meehan says that could take months and Ocean City shouldn't wait.

The council encouraged police to begin searching boardwalk stores for the substance immediately.

Worcester State's Attorney Beau Oglesby says he's optimistic the ordinance will have an immediate impact on what he considers to be a "very real problem" in Ocean City. He believes that county officials will consider a county-wide ban.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

This has been going on all summer so they shut it down just before Labor Day when the season is almost over.

Anonymous said...

They've been selling k2/spice for years. Did they say why it was dangerous? If they're going to outlaw that they need to get rid of alcohol and tobacco too, because they hurt and kill a lot more people.

lmclain said...

Did that Nazi explain what the "very real problem" was? Too many people at the donut shop? 7-11's running out of candy? TOO MANY people laughing? Vendors unable to keep up with the demand for ice cream? Does imitation marijuana turn people into imitation werewolves? Someone had a skateboard accident? Quit trying to put your personal vendetta's on the public's back. stop beating your wife and falling into a drunken stupor after work. THEN, go after some REAL crime.

Anonymous said...

If people spent more time trying to better themselves rather than looking for ways to get high their lives would be far more successful.

Anonymous said...

5:07 What about all the politicians spending time and our tax money to fight something that they can't even show is (that) dangerous? With the current state of the US, I would hope they could get their priorities straight and start fixing the real issues we're currently facing. This goes for all levels of government.

Anonymous said...

I still own my body. I say ban Ocean City for a year.

See how the Mayor likes that! Mind your own business

lmclain said...

5:07...pay attention to current and historical events. PRESIDENTS Clinton, Bush, Kennedy, obama all used drugs. Man--- look at how badly thier lives went. Hundreds of thousands of lawyers, cops, doctors, teachers, correctional officers, and a myriad number of other PROFESSIONAL people smoke pot all the time and have done so for years and years. There goes YOUR half-assed point....