JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — An Action News Investigation is digging into claims that a local smoke shop is selling illegal synthetic marijuana.
We confronted that store a few months ago after tests found illegal chemicals.
A local woman fears her husband is abusing those drugs and came to Action News for help to find out what it was he was buying.
Our cameras went inside Smoker's Video on Normandy Boulevard Friday for the second time in six months.
"What's there now is worse than what was there before," said the woman, who asked us not to show her face.
She believes the store is selling synthetic marijuana, commonly known as spice or incense, and said her husband is abusing it.
"It's pitiful and I can't stand to look at him," she said.
Action News was at the store in November. We purchased three packets of incense and a lab test revealed all three contained synthetic cannabinoids, one of 131 substances banned in the state.
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This woman believes all that's changed since then is the packaging.
"They brought it back under a new name called Breeze," the woman said.
So we again sent an Action News employee into the store Friday. After showing his ID, and signing a waiver that he wouldn't consume it, he purchased two packets for $40.
Nowhere were the ingredients listed, so we sealed it, and headed back inside to ask if it's ever been tested for illegal substances.
We asked to speak to a manager and were promptly asked to leave and told to call their attorney.
We're still waiting for answers, but the woman we talked to said she can't wait any longer.
"This is ruining my life," she said. "This is not a legalize-marijuana crusade. This is a spice-get-rid-of-it crusade. And I'm on a mission."
Our story prompted calls from the Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco last year. Just as we did before, we put the item in an envelope, sealed it and will send it to a lab and have it tested as well.
We will let you know results once we get them.
Since January 2011, state leaders have banned a total of 131 substances. The majority of synthetic drug users are between the ages of 12 and 17.
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