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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Anchorage woman is looking for spice users and asking them to destroy their synthetic drug in exchange for marijuana.
Nicole Crites said she made her first spice-destruction transaction on Friday. Earlier this year, Alaska became the third U.S. state, after Colorado and Washington, to legalize the recreational use of marijuana for adults.
"Just driving down Karluk Street, anytime of day, you'll find people passed out from it," Crites said. "I don't see it addressed by anybody. I don't."
Her husband Michael Crites' Absolutely Chronic Delivery Company is sponsoring the effort.
This effort comes as health officials are considering approaches to what the Anchorage Police Department called the city's spice epidemic, KTUU-TV reported (http://bit.ly/1LTr6Sk ). Across the nation, reports of synthetic marijuana products such as spice identified by local, state and federal drug labs have skyrocketed since 2009. That year, labs reported 23 cases. Last year there...
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