Res No 154-12-13711.RESOLUTION NO. 154-12-13711
A Resolution urging and encouraging the Florida State Legislature to
enact legislation banning the marketing, possession, trafficking and
furnishing of "bath salts" containing dangerous synthetic drugs.
WHEREAS, certain synthetic hallucinogenic drugs marketed as "bath salts" are
powerful stimulant drugs that are suspected to have been designed to avoid prosecution; and
WHEREAS, "Ivory Wave ", "Purple Wave ", "Vanilla Sky ", and "Bliss" are all
among the many street names of a so- called designer drug known as "bath salts "; and
WHEREAS, with recent developments involving individuals' use of "bath salts"
containing dangerous synthetic drugs, stricter measures must be taken to stop the growing
prevalence of this designer drug; and
WHEREAS, users of dangerous drugs like "bath salts" containing dangerous
synthetic drugs are terrorizing our communities and destroying lives; and
WHEREAS, citing an "imminent threat to public safety ", the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Administration ( "DEA ") made illegal the possession or sale of all known
chemicals used to make "bath salts" for a one -year period; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Commission of the City of South Miami urge the DEA
to make the ban permanent, in order to protect our communities; and
WHEREAS, by marketing these products as "bath salts" and labeling them "not for
human consumption ", the manufacturers and purveyors of these drugs have been allowed to
sell them with impunity; and
WHEREAS, in recent years, the abuse of "bath salts" has been increasing and have
become increasingly popular due to the perception that they pose a false sense that they are
a safer alternative to illegal methods of getting "high "; and
WHEREAS, "bath salts" are readily available on the internet, at convenience stores,
discount tobacco outlets, gas stations, pawn shops, tattoo parlors, and other locations; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Commission believe that legislation banning the
marketing, possession, trafficking and furnishing of "bath salts" containing dangerous
synthetic drugs will give law enforcement the tools they need to keep our streets safe from
this new and emerging drug that ruins lives and causes havoc in communities across the
country.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, THAT:
Section 1. The foregoing "WHEREAS" clauses are true and correct and hereby
ratified and confirmed by the City Commission.
Section 2. The Mayor and Commission of the City of South Miami, Florida,
hereby urge and encourage the State Legislature to enact legislation that bans the marketing,
possession, trafficking and furnishing of "bath salts" containing dangerous synthetic drugs
within the State of Florida.
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Section 3. The City Clerk is hereby directed and authorized to send a copy of
this resolution to Governor Rick Scott, and to all State Representatives, State Senators, the
presiding Officers and Council members of the municipalities in Miami -Dade County, and
to Richard Kuper, Esquire, Executive Director of the Miami -Dade County League of Cities.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective upon adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 31 stday of July, 2012.
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APPROVED:
COMMISSION VOTE: 5 -0
AND Mayor Stoddard:
Vice Mayor Liebman:
Commissioner Newman:
Commissioner Harris:
�1 Commissioner Welsh:
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