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| Intro: | Missouri's House voted Wednesday to speed up the ban on fake pot. Theo Keith has more from Jefferson City. |
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Wrap: The House easily passed a bill to ban K-2, a fake form of marijuana.
If the Senate passes a similar bill and the governor signs it, the ban goes into effect right away.
Its sponsor, West Plains Republican Representative Ward Franz, says sellers should be prepared for the ban.
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| Description: "With the amount of media that this bill has received, people that are concerned about this that are selling are already taking it off their shelves." | |
One lawmaker argued if the law goes into effect immediately, it would catch some fake pot users off guard.
Another bill banning K-2 sits in the Senate, and its sponsor says he expects that bill to pass Thursday.
From the state Capitol, I'm Theo Keith, Newsradio 1120 KMOX.
| Intro: | Missouri's House voted Wednesday to speed up the ban on fake pot, and one senator says the Senate isn't far behind. Theo Keith has more from Jefferson City. |
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Wrap: The House easily passed a bill to ban K-2, a fake form of pot.
The ban would take effect immediately if the governor signs off.
St. Louis County Democratic Representative Jake Zimmerman objected to that.
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| Description: "If something was legal yesterday and it's gonna be illegal tomorrow, you want people to have advanced notice so that people who were using it don't accidentally get caught committing a crime." | |
Over in the Senate, Columbia Republican Kurt Schaefer says he expects senators to pass a similar bill Thursday.
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| Description: "If we can get it out soon, then it'll go straight to the governor, and hopefully he'll sign it." | |
The Senate gave first-round approval to the ban earlier this week.
From the state Capitol, I'm Theo Keith, Newsradio 1120 KMOX.