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5 A Resolution urging and encouraging the Florida State Legislature to
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9 WHEREAS, certain synthetic hallucinogenic drugs marketed as "bath salts" are
10 powerful stimulant drugs that are suspected to have been designed to avoid prosecution; and
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12 WHEREAS, "Ivory Wave", "Purple Wave", "Vanilla Sky", and "Bliss" are all
13 among the many street names of a so-called designer drug known as "bath salts"; and
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15 WHEREAS, with recent developments involving individuals' use of "bath salts"
16 containing dangerous synthetic drugs, stricter measures must be taken to. stop the growing
17 prevalence of this designer drug; and
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19 WHEREAS, users of dangerous drugs like "bath salts" contammg dangerous
20 synthetic drugs are terrorizing our communities and destroying lives; and
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22 WHEREAS, citing an "imminent threat to public safety", the U.S. Drug
23 Enforcement Administration ("DEA") made illegal the possession or sale of all known
24 chemicals used to make "bath salts" for a one-year period; and
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26 WHEREAS, the Mayor and Commission of the City of South Miami urge the DEA
27 to make the ban permanent, in order to protect our communities; and
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29 WHEREAS, by marketing these products as "bath salts" and labeling them "not for
30 human consumption", the manufacturers and purveyors of these drugs have been allowed to
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33 WHEREAS, in recent years, the abuse of "bath salts" has been increasing and have
34 become increasingly popular due to the perception that they pose a false sense that they are
35 a safer alternative to illegal methods of getting "high"; and
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37 WHEREAS, "bath salts" are readily available on the internet, at convenience stores,
38 discount tobacco outlets, gas stations, pawn shops, tattoo parlors, and other locations; and
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40 WHEREAS, the Mayor and Commission believe that legislation banning the
41 marketing, possession, trafficking and furnishing of "bath salts" containing dangerous
42 synthetic drugs will give law enforcement the tools they need to keep our streets safe from
43 this new and emerging drug that ruins lives and causes havoc in communities across the
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46 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
47 COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, THAT:
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49 Section 1. The foregoing "WHEREAS" clauses are true and correct and hereby
50 ratified and confirmed by the City Commission.
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52 Section 2. The Mayor and Commission of the City of South Miami, Florida,
53 hereby urge and encourage the State Legislature to enact legislation that bans the marketing,
54 possession, trafficking and furnishing of "bath salts" containing dangerous synthetic drugs
55 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 __ day of July, 2012.
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17 LANGUAGE, LEGALITY AND Mayor Stoddard:
18 SUFFICIENCY: Vice Mayor Liebman:
19 Commissioner Newman:
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3 RESOLUTION NO. 2012·30
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5 A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COMMISSION
6 OF THE VILLAGE OF BISCAYNE PARK. FLORIDA,
7 URGING AND ENCOURAGING THE FLORIDA
8 STATE LEGISLATURE TO ENACT LEGISLATION
9 BANNING THE MARKETING, POSSESSION,
10 TRAFFICK lING AND FURNISHING OF "BATH
11 SALTS" CONTAINING DANGEROUS SYNTHETIC
12 DRUGS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
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16 powerful stimulant drugs that are suspected to have been designed to avoid prosecution; and
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18 WHEREAS, "Ivory Wave", "Purple Wave", "Vanilla Sky", and "Bliss" are all
19 among the many street names of a so-called designer drug known as ''bath salts"; and
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21 WHEREAS, with recent developments involving individuals' use of "bath salts"
22 containing dangerous synthetic drugs, stricter measures must be taken to stop the growing
23 prevalence of this designer drug; and
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25 WHEREAS, dangerous drugs like "bath salts" containing dangerous synthetic drugs
26 are terrorizing our communities and destroying lives; and
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28 WHEREAS, citing an "imminent threat to public safety", the U.S. Drug
29 Enforcement Administration ("DEA") made illegal the possession or sale of all known
30 chemicals used to make "bath salts" for a one-year period; and
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33 DEA to make the ban permanent, in order to protect our communities; and
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36 human consumption", specifically enumerating them as illegal has been avoided; and
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38 WHEREAS, in recent years, the abuse of "bath salts" has been increasing and have
39 become increasingly popular due to the perception that they pose a seemingly safer
40 alternative to illegal methods of getting "high"; and
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43 discount tobacco outlets, gas stations, pawn shops, tattoo parlors, and other locations; and
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46 marketing, possession, trafficking and furnishing of "bath salts" containing dangerous
47 synthetic drugs will give law enforcement the tools they need to keep our streets safe from
48 this new and emerging drug that ruins lives and causes havoc in communities across the
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52 OF THE VILLAGE OF BISCAYNE PARK, FLORIDA, THAT:
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56 ratified and confirmed by the Village Commission.
Resolution No. 2012-30
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. Section 2. The Mayor and COIDmission of the Village of Biscayne Park, 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.
Section 3. The Village 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.
14 PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of July, 2012.
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Maria C. Camara, Village Clerk
Approved as to form:
The foregoing resolution upon being
put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Mayor Jacobs: Yes
Vice Mayor Ross: Yes
Commissioner Anderson: Yes
Commission Cooper: Yes
Commissioner Watts: Yes
Resolution No. 2012-30
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Menendez. Maria M.
From:
Sent:
To:
Subject:
Attachments:
village clerk [villageclerk@biscayneparkfl.gov]
Wednesday, July 25,2012 11 :12 AM
'Maria C Camara-Biscayne Park'
Village of Biscayne Park Resolution No. 2012-30
DOC072512.pdf
Good morning fellow Miami Dade County City Clerks!
Attached please find Resolution 2012-30. Kindly forward to your council members on behalf of our Commission.
Thank you!
Maria C. Camara
Village Clerk
Village of Biscayne Park
640 NE 114th Street
Biscayne Park, FL 33161
Tel: 3058998000
email: villageclerk@biscayneparkfl,gov
Visit us on the web at www.biscayneparkfl.gov
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