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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A Utah legislator wants to ban a synthetic form of cannabis known as spice throughout the state.
Republican Rep. Gage Froerer of Huntsville says the primary reason he's proposing a ban is that getting high on spice is popular with teenagers. Spice also causes impaired driving but does not allow for a driving under the influence charge.
Froerer is sponsoring a bill that will be heard during the 2011 legislative session, which begins Jan. 24.
Another bill, sponsored by Republican Rep. Johnny Anderson of Taylorsville, would prohibit spice sales to anyone younger than 19.
Salt Lake City defense attorney Catherine Cleveland opposes the ban because it would put more people, especially teenagers, in jail for a nonviolent crime.
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