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Chesterfield Township Vocalizes Support of K2 End

The township board discussed the synthetic drug Monday night during a regularly scheduled meeting.

Chesterfield Township joined many , also known as Spice, at the Monday night Board of Trustees meeting.

The board expressed verbal support for an end of K2 sales in the community. Police Chief Bruce Smith said police had gone around the community earlier, asking retailers to voluntarily stop selling the synthetic marijuana.

"As of 2:30 p.m. today, no businesses in the township are selling K2 any longer, as far as we are aware," Smith told the board Monday night.

Supervisor Michael Lovelock suggested police conduct regular checks on the businesses to ensure K2 remains off the shelves.

State Rep. Andrea LaFontaine also was present at the meeting to discuss this growing issue.

"We have to eradicate the availability of these substances before they destroy more lives," LaFontaine, whose district includes Chesterfield and New Baltimore, said in a prepared statement before the meeting. "I will be working diligently with other lawmakers in Lansing as well as local law enforcement to see this issue resolved as quickly as possible."

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Dave June 8, 2012 at 10:07 am
Bout time!! Better late than never i guess.. but it sure took you all a long time to figure out that these drugs are already illegal to be sold out of gas stations and party stores... they are not licensed to sell drugs.. fake or otherwise. And how come no one noticed that the stores are selling products marked not for human consumption as if they were specifically to be for human consumption. I wish someone would of paid attention and noticed the lies coming from the store owners earlier. Lie number one.. it's synthetic weed. You know why they chose that name don't you? Because if they called it synthetic salvia which it is then the kids wouldn't of been fooled into thinking it was safer than weed. And it does no good to keep calling it by that name if you want to explain to kids how this is not weed, it's not safe, and that it is a deadly narcotic.
Anyways... i'm in favor of arresting the store owners for already violating the laws. You do know it is and always was illegal to sell fake cocaine, heroin, crack, and marijuana as if it were the real thing. And it is considered murder when you sell someone a drug that kills them. You should of gotten rid of this stuff when it killed the first couple kids years ago.. but of course if you are like me.. then you didn't even hear of this untill just recently. But then again, that was the police officer's job to know about it.. not mine Anyways again.. Kudos for finally doing something.. go get em!!
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Audrey Tatarelli June 1, 2013 at 06:20 pm
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Audrey Tatarelli June 1, 2013 at 06:24 pm
a problem like loud stereos all day all night, people selling cars etc on their front lawn, homesRead More not being kept check out the house on Sugarbush 2 years a ladder on the roof and the schrubs and grass is over grown. I thought we paid some one to look out for things as stated. I want a refund.
Michelle Carpenter Valenti June 5, 2013 at 01:43 pm
Ridiculous!! If they are going to do that then Chesterfield needs to think about bringing in aRead More decent market, like Whole Foods. There is no where in this area to get decent healthy food!!!