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Spice behind the front correspond. >> this is spice? >> this is all considered spice or k2. it's all synthetic marijuana. >> it certainly looks like they're trying to market it to kids. this was under the counter. they used to sell it prominently displayed. >> until it became banned, it was sold right up here. >> florida has been proactive, banning 127 compounds found in spice. >> it's amazing to me how they add chemicals to these plants and that's what makes it so toxic. but that they keep changing the chemical compound so they can stay a few step ahead of thelaw >> except they're not anymore...

They have gotten names like spice and mr. smiley and k-2 and blaze, as you mentioned. this is fake pot. not talking about real marijuana. this is fake pot. today, as you mentioned, the government is moving to ban their use to drug enforcement agency, declaring it is labeling three forms of synthetic drugs as type one, schedule one drugs. essentially that means you won't be able to buy or distribute them. now, even though this is not real, as you mentioned, we're talking about some very real side effects, the dea says the substances are just as dangerous, vomiting, hallucinations, seizures, los...

>> reporter: some companies can survive by marketing that irservices to a wide range of civilian needs. k2 trains these dogs to find virtually any type of object, in virtually any type of environment. >> k2 solutions is growing. >> reporter: contractors with more military-specific roles are embracing for worst case scenarios. >> wondering how are they going to survive, how they will be impacted. some are already having to take measures to lay people off. >> reporter: even though everyone is talking about march, this is a problem that is already affecting companies of all sizes right now. marth...

Good morning. >> reporter: good morning, rob, paula. the dea says there is growing use of these types of drugs. the dea took action after local law enforcement agencies asked them for help dealing with this problem. it is a massive nationwide crackdown on synthetic drugs with names like spice and bath salts and k2. in city after city similar scenes played out. agents walking out with bags of evidence. >> thousands and thousands of pounds of product here. we are going to have large sums of currency as well. >> reporter: the drug enforcement administration raided targets in 109 cities. after a r...

Ago and the states have banned it, but it is is the tweaking of the cannabis that makes it a marijuana-like substance which unfortunately calls to emergency departments and calls to hotlines and poison control centers lets you know how dangerous this substance really is. >> when we talk about the fact that it is coming with danger warning attached to it where it was legal a lot of people were familiar with it, and a lot of people familiar with salvia,and how does that compare the two? >> well, the substance that was synthetic versions of k2 and spike and this one were banned. recently the hous...