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Than white voters in the the district. the areas least enthusiastic were wards seven and algteight, the poorest parts of d.c. that are almost entirely black. the area where it passed with the most support tended to be whiter areas, including ward two, where georgetown is. >> surprised? not at all. >> but i think, still both black and white voters wanted legalization. this may be part of why. but it's not purely an issue being led by black voters out of this. >> why is pot still a schedule one drug? it's classified in the same way that heroin, lsd, ecstasy and as of 2011 bath salts are classifi...

Reported almost daily. >> poisoned a 15-year-old girl. >> 16-year-old -- >> abruptly ended at just 18 years old -- >> these drugs are being marketed and sold as legal alternatives to marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, lsd, and heroin. >> in the last four years more than 300 synthetic designer drugs with names like spice, nbomb, and bath salts have flooded into the united states. even the popular club drug molly, which is marketed as a pure form of the drug ecstasy, is being replaced by a variety of synthetic compounds. according to d.e.a. scientists, the highs may be the same but the molecul...

With something and i didn't know what it was. >> giroux thinks his meth may have been laced with a drug known on the streets as bath salts, which prompts extreme aggressive behavior and paranoia. >> it was like i was in a dream and kept waking up here and there for the crazy parts like pow! hit the car, you know what i mean? now i'm shooting in this house like i don't remember, i don't remember driving, i don't remember how i get to these different places, none of that. so, you know, was that bath salt? i have no idea, but it wasn't meth. >> giroux says he started doing meth at age 14 and that...

There is a new drug war under way. at los angeles international, the new battle is trying to intercept synthetic, designer drugs. >> customs inspectors open and test suspicious packages, looking for what's not listed on custom forms. this package claims to contain plastic. it turns out to be bath salts, a chemical produced synthetic stimulant that mimics meth. it is an analog of methalone which is a scheduled treated

>> in the last four years, more than 300 synthetic designer drugs with names like spice, n-bomb and bath salts have flooded into the united states. even the popular club drug, molly, which is marketed as a pure form of the drug ecstasy, is being replaced by a variety of synthetic compounds. according to dea scientists, the highs may be the same, but the molecular structure is modified just enough to evade the law. >> these chemical companies are altering the compound ever so slightly to avoid our laws here in the united states. once they alter that chemical, it is no longer a controlled substa...