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Monday, November 12, 2012  Synthetic marijuana has faced two bans on specific chemicals within the drug, but drug manufacturers continue to alter chemicals to make the drug legal once more.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012  A Ruby man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Florence for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.

Monday, November 14, 2011  Highway Patrol began chasing a vehicle on Highway 31 in Horry County just before 5 p.m. Monday.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011  Now that the Drug Enforcement Administration and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control have reclassified several chemicals found in products known as "bath salts" and "synthetic marijuana," Horry County police are giving people the opportunity to surrender the products.

Monday, October 24, 2011  The mind-altering drugs known as bath salts and synthetic marijuana are now illegal everywhere in South Carolina.

Friday, October 21, 2011  Last month, the Drug Enforcement Agency issued an Emergency Control notice to retailers and consumers that they had one month to take bath salts containing three chemicals off the shelves and out of their possession. Friday, the federal agency exercised their final authority.

Thursday, September 08, 2011  The federal government has banned the sale and possession of the synthetic drug known as bath salts.

Monday, August 22, 2011  The small Town of Andrews in Georgetown County has a big problem. People are using bath salts as a synthetic drug to get high.

Thursday, August 04, 2011  233 pounds of pure cocaine, individually packaged and hidden in furniture inside a tractor-trailer... That's what Florence County sheriff's deputies found when they stopped the semi on Interstate 95 Thursday morning.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011  South Carolina legislators will put $1 million into cleaning up methamphetamine labs after the federal government stopped paying states for the work.

Monday, May 23, 2011  South Carolina sheriffs are scrambling to clean meth labs after exhausting federal money for the effort.

Wednesday, February 02, 2011  Authorities say they've arrested 26 people, many of whom are major dealers, in what's described as a major drug round up in Marion County.

Sunday, December 05, 2010  Marijuana is illegal, but some are finding a legal way to get high through a synthetic version. The Drug Enforcement Administration is stepping in and banning chemicals used in herbal incense that mimic the effects of marijuana.

Monday, August 30, 2010  After a rash of robberies, some Grand Strand pharmacies are taking steps to make sure they won't be the next victim.