The recent service station raids in Rockmart are being heralded as one of the state’s largest Synthetic Marijuana busts ever; but, new fears have emerged from the Thursday bust that Northwest Georgia and North Eastern Alabama may be a major producer of certain brands of the drug known by its street name as Spice.  

 

Lance Dyer, head of the Dakota Dyer Foundation, says a large amount of two relatively new brands of synthetic pot were uncovered in the raids. This, along with other evidence, has led Dyer and authorities to believe the spices known as Devil’s Eye and Satan are locally manufactured. 

 

“We’re only seeing it in Northwest Georgia and Northeastern Alabama. It contains a chemical called URL 11, which seems to be an extremely nasty synthetic poison,” Dyer says. “Every bit of it points to that this is being manufactured and distributed locally. The first arrest we found out about was in Chattooga County back in February.  It’s shown up in Polk, Bartow and Floyd Counties. Now, it’s been reported in Douglas County, Carroll County and Haralson County, and also in Calhoun County in Alabama.”  

 

It was a tip to Dyer's Bremen organization that  played a significant role in the Polk County drug raids last Thursday. The Dakota Dyer Foundation combats synthetic marijuana use all across Georgia, which fueled a two-month investigation into the two Rockmart convenience stores.

 

The foundation is named for Dye's son after his death at age 14. The teenager tried synthetic marijuana that caused a psychosis, which reportedly caused him to take his own life.