Law enforcement officials seized almost 200 pounds of synthetic marijuana in Fayette County on Thursday as part of a renewed crackdown on the substance.
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Law enforcement officials seized almost 200 pounds of synthetic marijuana in Fayette County on Thursday as part of a renewed crackdown on the substance.
David and Yvette Burnett lost their son Chase to the synthetic marijuana.
Chase's death was a wake up call to the state of Georgia that even one time use could be fatal.
Chase's parents urged Georgia lawmakers to pass legislation to ban the substance. "Chase's Law," named after the Fayette County teen, was passed earlier this year.
"And all I hear from him is ‘Do something. Do what you have to do to help others not die,'" said David Burnett.
Soon after the law went into effect, makers of synthetic pot – commonly known as Spice or K2 -- reformulated it and put it back on store shelves.
An emergency declaration earlier this week in Georgia allowed law enforcement to pull the synthetic pot from the stores again by declaring it a controlled substance.
"We just want kids to know and family members to know that this stuff is not worth it. It will kill you. It will kill you. It will maim you. It will hurt you for the rest of your life," Yvette Burnett. "It's not worth it.
In Fayette County -- where Chase lived and died -- deputies seized 190 pounds of synthetic pot on Thursday.
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Law enforcement officials seized almost 200 pounds of synthetic marijuana in Fayette County on Thursday as part of a renewed crackdown on the substance.
