Beyond the Headlines: Amped Synthetic Drug

CREATED Oct. 31, 2012

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Michigan already has a state law banning the selling of synthetic drugs, and Wisconsin state lawmakers are hoping to put together a blanket law that would ban those substances.

K2, Purple Magic, Spice, and Ivory Snow are some of the most popular synthetic - and legal - drugs used to get high.

In our Beyond the Headlines feature from Tuesday night's broadcast, we cover another of these synthetic drugs: Amped.

Amped is a white powdery substance sold online and in stores where the sale of synthetic drugs is still legal. One recovering Amped addict says she snorted the drug like cocaine.

Learn more about this substance and other synthetic drugs that lawmakers and officials are hoping to get off the market.