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Law enforcement responsible for monitoring synthetic drug
Officials have had eye on drug for a while
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Businesses such as this smoke shop on John Morrow parkway recently sold synthetic marijuana before it was declared illegal last week by Georgia lawmakers. - photo by Tom Reed
The responsibility of monitoring and enforcing Chase’s Law will mainly rest of the shoulders of local law enforcement. But, officials say, it is something that has been on their radar for some time, even though manufacturers of the drug have been one step ahead of lawmakers. “The law has already addressed synthetic marijuana and it has been addressed for some time,” said Lee Darragh, Hall County district attorney.