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Sarasota News Leader December 20, 2013 Page 41 reporting negative reactions and indicating six-month-old daughter and spraying her with such substances should be banned. a window cleaning solution. Further, she said local law enforcement officers have cited "remarkable strength" among users of the synthetic drugs whom they have encountered. She added that board members might recall a recent incident in which police officers and firefighters dealt with four homeless men and women outside Selby Public Library in downtown Sarasota. The homeless people were found to have smoked a homemade spice mixture laced with formaldehyde, she pointed out. It took five of the first responders to subdue one man, she said. The suspect, Christopher P. Rounds, 25, of Cape Coral, was charged on Oct. 27 with Cruelty Toward Child: Aggravated Child Abuse and Disturbing the Peace. He remains in the Sarasota County Jail under total bond of $352,000, according to the Sheriff's Office website. Thomas told the commissioners one of the most popular synthetic cannabinoids, known as K2, is made by dissolving various compounds in harsh chemicals such as acetone, phosphoric acid or formaldehyde and then A few weeks later, Thomas continued, depu- spraying the solution onto "harmless herbal ties arrested a man who admitted to having mixtures." The product chemically is similar used synthetic marijuana before battering his to PCP or methamphetamine, she noted. A number of factors would be considered in enforcing a new county ordinance governing synthetic drugs, staff says. Image courtesy Sarasota County