Truesdale will likely adopt an ordinance outlawing synthetic marijuana following a proposal from Police Chief Andy Huston. Huston made the proposition to city officials to ban the substance during the July 12 board meeting. Truesdale, the first city in Warren County to ban bath salts, delayed a decision on banning synthetic marijuana at the time to see how state law would impact the product. Warrenton and Wright City have banned synthetic marijuana, more commonly known as K-2 and K-3, in addition to bath salts. “We’re having cases of K-2 issues already,” Huston told the board. “I had one guy who was mixing it with something else.” Synthetic marijuana includes chemicals that provide a marijuana-like high when smoked. Bath salts can be smoked, snorted or injected and has effects similar to methamphetamine, PCP and other drugs. Huston researched various ordinances banning K-2 and presented them to City Attorney Tim Joyce for review. Mayor Murray Bruer said he supported any ordinance outlawing drug use. “I’m for any ordinance to control drugs and keep it out of Truesdale,” he told The Record. “We want to make sure everything is covered. I’m in favor of an ordinance, we just have to write it correctly.” Bruer said he was unsure if K-2 was becoming a major issue, but, he said, it was better to take preventative action. “You never know,” he said. “Countywide, I think it’s an issue. Locally, I know (police officers) have picked up some people with K-2, but I don’t know the details. “It’s kind of mixed emotions,” he added. “I can’t understand people wanting to try it. It’s no good for you and I don’t understand it. Whatever it takes to control drugs and keep it out of the city, that’s what we’ll go after.” Based on Joyce’s findings, aldermen may vote on an ordinance during the July 26 board meeting. Gov. Jay Nixon signed into law House Bill 641, which was passed by the Missouri General Assembly earlier this month. The bill bans the sale of bath salts and other types of synthetic marijuana. It also makes those substances a schedule 1 illegal substance with criminal penalties the same as those for marijuana. Substances falling into the “synthetic cannabinoid” category include K2, K3 and bath salts, among others.