Police: Safety Harbor teen smoked legal herbal incense drug before drowning

Police say he smoked a legal herbal incense before falling.

Police: Safety Harbor teen didn't smoke K2 before drowning

By Will Hobson, Times Staff Writer Monday, January 9, 2012 CLEARWATER — A 19-year-old Safety Harbor man did not smoke the synthetic drug "K2" before drowning Sunday in Kapok Park creek, police announced Monday, correcting their earlier report. Logan Matthew Kushner and a friend had used the herbal incense "Jazz" prior to Kushner's drowning, not K2, as Clearwater police initially reported Sunday ...

Smoke shop owners take drug fight to federal court

GREENEVILLE — Four local smoke shop owners have escalated the legal battle over the sale of synthetic drugs to federal court, challenging the recently approved bans in Kingsport, Bristol and Sullivan County on various constitutional grounds.

Police: Safety Harbor teen had smoked synthetic drug before drowning

By Will Hobson and Drew Harwell, Times Staff Writers Monday, January 9, 2012 CLEARWATER — Police say the last thing 19-year-old Logan Kushner did before he went for a swim in the creek where he drowned Sunday morning was smoke "Jazz," a legal herbal incense that users say mimics the effects of marijuana. "It was just one of those accidents," P.A. Kushner, Logan's mother, said Monday outside her ...

County Declares Synthetic Drugs Public Nuisance

In an effort to stop the sale of "bath salts" and "herbal incense" products that are used to get high, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors Tuesday asked for a draft ordinance, declaring them a public nuisance and subject to civil abatement in unincorporated areas.