SYNTHETIC DRUGS
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Legislative notebook: Farmers look to add butanol as biofuel
By Don Davis Minnesota farmers soon could produce a new biofuel, butanol. We see Minnesota as being a tremendous place to produce butanol, said Adam Schubert of Butamax, a company formed by BP Petro...
Posted on 2/27/13 at 6:29 PM
STAFF BLOG NIE ROCKS! What are the synthetic drugs in our area?
There has been a lot of talk about synthetic drug use in our area recently. Two teen-aged males died apparently from overdosing on synthetic drugs in the month of June. These were two separate cases. ...
Posted on 6/28/12 at 3:24 PM
South Dakota attorney general warns of new synthetic drugs 
Marty Jackley told a group of educators, health care professionals and parents in Pierre Wednesday that many of the drugs are being sold illegally over the Internet.
By Associated Press , February 14, 2013
Prosecutors say man continued to deal after deaths
Federal prosecutors say a Texas man charged in a synthetic drug case continued to sell controlled substances after he heard about two overdose deaths from the hallucinogens in North Dakota.
By Associated Press , January 31, 2013
Grand Forks man gets 15 years in federal drug ring
A Grand Forks man was sentenced Monday to 15 years in federal prison for his admitted role in a wide-ranging drug conspiracy ring centered on Noah Bergland, of East Grand Forks.
By Stephen J. Lee , January 07, 2013
Man connected to Grand Forks drug ring makes deal, pleads guilty
A man connected to a Grand Forks drug ring pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to distribute synthetic drugs blamed for the deaths of two teens, a federal charge that carried a mandatory life sentence if he were convicted.
By Stephen J. Lee , January 07, 2013
Out-of-state suspects linked to Grand Forks drug ring
For the first time, federal prosecutors have charged people outside the Grand Forks area in the synthetic drug conspiracy blamed in the deaths of two teenagers and for sending others to the hospital this summer.
By Stephen J. Lee , December 27, 2012
Fourth man sentenced in Grand Forks drug conspiracy
Another former UND student was sentenced this week to federal prison in the Grand Forks-based synthetic drug conspiracy blamed in the deaths of two teens.
By Stephen J. Lee , December 13, 2012
ND pharmacy board bans more synthetic substances
A Grand Forks couple who lost their son to drugs this summer spoke here Friday to the North Dakota Board of Pharmacy, which voted to ban a host of additional substances used in synthetic drugs.
By Associated Press , November 30, 2012
Manvel teen gets 12.5 years for providing lethal synthetic drugs
A federal judge Monday sentenced Wesley Sweeney to 12.5 years in prison for his confessed role in providing synthetic hallucinogens that led to the death of Christian Bjerk and the hospitalization of a 15-year-old boy in Grand Forks in June.
By Stephen J. Lee , November 26, 2012
ND pharmacy board to meet on synthetic drugs
North Dakota's Board of Pharmacy has scheduled a Nov. 30 meeting to consider banning more chemicals used in synthetic drugs.
By Associated Press , November 16, 2012
Another shop told to stop selling synthetic drugs
North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem (STEN'-juhm) has ordered another head shop to quit selling synthetic drugs marketed as bath salts.
By Associated Press , November 15, 2012
Mandan shop told to stop selling synthetic drugs
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has ordered a Mandan shop to quit selling synthetic drugs that are marketed as bath salts.
By Associated Press , November 14, 2012
ND man gets prison for synthetic marijuana
A co-owner of a Mandan smoke shop has been sentenced to two years in prison for conspiring to sell synthetic marijuana.
By Associated Press , November 13, 2012
Feds charge 11th in Grand Forks drug ring
An 11th person charged in the Grand Forks-based synthetic drug ring blamed in the deaths of two teenagers pleaded guilty Monday in federal court here in a deal with prosecutors.
By Stephen J. Lee , November 05, 2012
Mandan man sentenced in synthetic drugs case
A co-owner of a Mandan smoke shop has been sentenced to serve a year in prison for conspiring to sell synthetic marijuana. Big Willies co-owner William Nickel will not have to serve the sentence until an appeal is heard by the North Dakota Supreme Court.
By Associated Press , October 31, 2012
Grand Forks man pleads guilty to providing synthetic drugs that killed two teens
Facing four federal charges carrying penalties of life-in-prison, Andrew Spofford, in a deal with prosecutors, pleaded guilty here Monday to making and distributing the hallucinogens that killed two teenagers in Grand Forks in June.
By Stephen J. Lee , October 29, 2012
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