Shortly after Attorney General Pam Bondi took office last year, she worked to outlaw man-made narcotic "bath salts."
The Legislature and Gov. Rick Scott followed with laws to ban chemicals found in "bath salts," "Spice" and other synthetic drugs sold at gas stations and specialty shops. As a result, many of these products disappeared from store shelves.
But the "Miami Zombie" attack and other high-profile incidents of uncharacteristically violent behavior have created questions about how substances with such harmful side effects remain accessible and, in some instances, legal.
Law enforcement agencies are concerned that manufacturers are finding ways to keep synthetic drugs on shelves by replacing banned compounds with ones that aren't illegal.
Cynthia Lewis-Younger, medical director of the Florida Poison Information Center in Tampa, said it's happening.
"They try and get around the law," she said.
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