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Monday, July 02, 2012  Michigan State Police will begin removing so-called synthetic marijuana from store shelves if businesses haven't acted.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012  A signing ceremony is planned for Tuesday afternoon in Lansing.

Thursday, June 07, 2012  The legislative package lists chemical classifications that are prohibited and grants authority to the Michigan State Police to remove those drugs from stores effective July 1 if businesses haven’t already done so.

Thursday, June 07, 2012  Michigan lawmakers are coming together, trying to remove K2 from store shelves. The judiciary committee has introduced four bills banning the drug and two of them are now on their way to the house.

Tuesday, June 05, 2012  K2, or often called Spice, is a plant that is sprayed with a chemical and results in the user getting high. In hopes of stopping the drug from getting worse in Genesee County, the Fenton chief of police sent out a letter pleading to ban K2 at area businesses.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011  The Saginaw county sheriff's department is taking steps to crack down on K-2.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011  Senator Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge, was outraged when he learned that Governor Jennifer Granholm in late December signed a package of bills aimed at eliminating lengthy minimum sentences for minor drug crimes. One of the amendments in a bill lifted the penalties for possessing dangerous synthetic drugs sold as incense.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011  It is sold as incense, but it is not burned for its fragrant smoke. Huron County Sheriff Kelly Hanson says young people are smoking it to get a dangerous high.