9.28.010 Definitions.
When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings set forth in this section:
“Illicit synthetic drugs” includes spice, synthetic cannabinoids, synthetic marijuana, synthetic chemical, bath salts, synthetic cathinones, synthetic stimulants, and misbranded drugs as defined with more specificity below:
1. Spice, Synthetic Cannabinoids, Synthetic Marijuana. Any aromatic plant material in granular, loose leaf or powder form, or in liquid or as a food additive, or any herbal-incense-type stimulant or hallucinogen product and any plant material to which any synthetic chemical or synthetic chemical compound has been added which has no legitimate relation to the advertised use of the product except to enhance or create a “high,” euphoria, relaxation, mood enhancement.
2. Synthetic Chemical. Any chemical or chemical compound whose molecular makeup is similar to those substances listed as controlled substances in AS 11.71.160(f)(7) through (16) (including any isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers of such substances), or to those substances listed in or pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 812(c), 21 U.S.C. 811(h), and 21 U.S.C. 802(32), or those substances listed temporarily subject to emergency scheduling in 21 CFR Section 1308.11(h), and whose intended use, when introduced into the human body, is to mimic or simulate the effects of a controlled substance.
3. Bath Salts, Synthetic Cathinones, Synthetic Stimulants. Any crystalline, liquid or powder product in crystalline, loose powder, block, tablet, tabs, paper, blotter paper or capsule form, or any stimulant-type.
4. Misbranded Drug. Any drug for which label is in any way false or misleading:
a. The label does not bear the name and place of business of the manufacturer and repackager, or distributor of the finished form of the drug;
b. The label does not bear adequate directions for customary use; or
c. The label does not bear adequate warnings against customary use.
Illicit synthetic drugs as defined in this chapter are not controlled substances as defined in AS 11. (Ord. 14-17(AM) § 2, 2014)