Rep. Garey Bies Says Bill Will Gain Bipartisan Support, Adds Synthetic Pot Must Be Illegal

New legislation that proposes making synthetic marijuana illegal has stopped circulating the Capitol and will now be the subject of a public hearing in committee later this month.

The bill, authored by Rep. Garey Bies, R-Sister Bay, would extend current Wisconsin restrictions against marijuana to the plant's lab-made, synthetic variety.

Synthetic marijuana is currently considered a "drug of concern" by the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency, Bies said. The bill would allow law enforcement officials to use state resources such as the state's crime lab to prosecute cases.

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