NBC KY: Synthetic drugs still major problem in Louisville schools
Posted on May 27, 2015
Five students, all juveniles, are charged with possession of a controlled substance. Meade County Sheriff William Kerrick said he’s confident that all of them had consumed either THC, the chemical in marijuana, or a synthetic marijuana known as “spice.” Kerrick accused the teenagers of smoking the drugs through electronic cigarettes. It has become common in Jefferson County schools too, despite legislative efforts to crack down, said Jon Jasper, a counselor for the nonprofit Morton Center.