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Drug dealers swiftly skirt state's laws

By Allison Schaefers

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 09, 2012

~~<p>Criminal chemists already have found a way to circumvent a new Hawaii law to crack down on synthetic drugs, but local authorities are fighting back.</p>
<p>Act 29, signed by Gov. Neil Abercrombie in April, made it illegal to sell, buy or use nine families of previously legal synthetic marijuana and stimulants.</p>
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Criminal chemists already have found a way to circumvent a new Hawaii law to crack down on synthetic drugs, but local authorities are fighting back.

Act 29, signed by Gov. Neil Abercrombie in April, made it illegal to sell, buy or use nine families of previously legal synthetic marijuana and stimulants. Login for more...



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