Synthetic drugs are strong narcotics that can make users violent, dangerous,
or incapacitated in a matter of minutes. In the state of Texas, it is
illegal to buy or sell synthetic drugs. Unfortunately, the substances
aren’t too hard to cook up, and for some teens it is easy to head
to the nearest convenience store and gather the ingredients necessary
to cook up a powerful, synthetic drug. Prosecutors have discovered that
it is almost impossible to go after the manufacturers, buyers, and sellers
of the products because the legislators are not chemists. There are no
provisions in the Texas state laws which talk about manufacturing synthetic
drugs like bath salts, Kush, K-2, and 251.
Texas operates by the
Texas Controlled Substances Act, which identified all existing synthetic drugs at the time and demanded
that they were not allowed to be manufactured or sold. However, chemists
bent on still manufacturing the drugs simply started using new compounds
and creative new, powerful drugs that can be just as affected. The legislators
are not considering redefining synthetic drugs and listing the harmful
ingredients that go into making these dangerous substances so that the
courts can better prosecute in these cases.
Courts throughout the state of Texas are currently trying to determine
whether or not to add to the Texas Controlled Substances Act and what
specifications they should add in order to encompass the issue of synthetic
drug use most adequately. If you are arrested for
synthetic drug use, or if you are charged with a crime for manufacturing these synthetic
drugs, you may be able to challenge your charges y arguing that they are
not listed in the Texas Controlled Substances Act. Hire a
Texas drug defense lawyer today if you want more information about this endeavor.