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TONIGHT, OUR HOSPITALS AND
POLICE ARE BATTLING WHAT THEY
CALL AN "EPIDEMIC" OF DESIGNER
DRUGS. NOT ONLY ARE THEY
DEADLY AND ADDICTIVE, THEY'RE
SOLD IN STORES ALL OVER OUR
AREA.
THAT'S WHY OVER THE LAST
YEAR, THE GREATER DAYTON AREA
HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAVE
TEAMED UP TO CREATE A
"DESIGNER DRUG TASK FORCE".
AT TODAY'S MONTHLY TASK
FORCE MEETING, CLARK COUNTY
SHERIFF GENE KELLY SHOWED OFF
A NEW SUBSTANCE THAT HIS
OFFICE STARTED HEARING ABOUT
JUST LAST WEEK, CALLED "THAI
OCTANE". THE SHERIFF SAYS
THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT'S
MADE OF, BUT KNOW IT'S CAUSING
ERRATIC AND POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR. TONIGHT,
HE IS WARNING PARENTS TO BE ON
THE LOOK OUT FOR THESE TYPES
OF SUBSTANCES.
3:02:44 THESE CHEMICAL
COMPOUNDS ARE UNKNOWN, THEY
ARE COMING FROM FOREIGN
COUNTRIES INTO THE UNITED
STATES...THEY ARE DEADLY,
THEY'RE DANGEROUS. PEOPLE ACT
VERY, VIOLENT, IRRATIONAL. WE
HAD THE MEETING TODAY ABOUT
PEOPLE NOT KNOWING WHY THEY
DROVE 100 MPH AND CRASHED.
THESE COMPOUNDS ALTER THE
STATE AND MOOD OF THE BODY AND
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THEM
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STATE AND MOOD OF THE BODY AND
A REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE WAS
ALSO ON HAND TODAY AND TELLS
ME LEGISLATION PASSED IN 2011,
BANNING BATH SALTS AND OTHER
IN GETTING SOME OF THESE
SUBSTANCES OFF STORE SHELVES.
BUT, HE SAYS IT'S STILL A
PROBLEM AND THAT'S WHY THEY
ARE WORKING TO PASS A NEW LAW
THAT WOULD TIGHTEN THE