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The Last Place on Earth has agreed to drop its suit against Duluth, according the city attorney’s office. The local head shop had sought to overturn an ordinance banning the sale or possession of synthetic marijuana products in city limits.

But a recently passed state law set to take effect July 1 will prohibit the sale or possession of synthetic pot anywhere in Minnesota. The federal government also has sought to regulate the substances, often marketed as “incense” under a number of brand names such as K2 or Spice.

Consequently, Deputy City Attorney Alison Lutterman notified Duluth city councilors that she has prepared and filed a repealing ordinance.

Jim Carlson, the owner of the Last Place on Earth, said he will continue his legal battle against efforts to outlaw synthetic marijuana at the federal and state levels.

Read more at duluth news tribune

A bill has passed out of the Alaska State Legislature to outlaw the sale or possession of 10 different chemical combinations used individually or collectively to create “synthetic cannabinoids” that’s reportedly caused “heart attack-like symptoms” for Alaskans.

In Anchorage and elsewhere, the products have been sold under the brands K2 and Spice. Both products are being manufactured and branded as incense but advertised as “drugs that get you high.” And they’ve done so, until recently, without breaking any laws. They look like marijuana but are not; essentially, these leafy products are sprayed with various chemicals that, until recently, were unclassified under law.

Read more at Alaska Dispatch

If you missed ABC News recent report on fake pot, also known as spice, you need to take the time to learn about this today and now.  Teens are dying – yes, dying from this.

High school students use “legal marijuana” or “herbal incense,” marketed as K2, Spice and Potpourri, to get high because the products are legal, easily available and do not show up on drug tests.

Read more at the Examiner