HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – A Harris County civil district court granted a restraining order against a Gulf Freeway gas station to stop selling Kush.
Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan, joined by city officials, won the restraining order.
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In October 2016, narcotics officers with the Houston Police Department said the gas station on the Gulf freeway near Griggs Road was selling Kush in unmarked “silver” bags.
When officers returned to the store with a search warrant, the store clerks locked themselves in the back room and attempted to hide the Kush by pouring it down the sink.
Investigators said the officers retrieved the evidence and arrested Mohamad S. Islam and Tofayel Ahmed.
According to police officers, the store owner and clerks had been warned repeatedly in the past not to sell Kush.
Judge Michael Landrum ordered the store owner to have two uniformed law enforcement officers for security at the store and close the store by 10 p.m.
At final trial, attorney Vince Ryan will seek a permanent injunction to close the store for one year.
The next hearing in this case is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 14.
Synthetic marijuana, or Kush, is typically manufactured overseas and is marketed as a “safe” and “legal” alternative to marijuana. Synthetic marijuana is not marijuana at all but a dried leafy substance that is sprayed with powerful, added-in hallucinogenic chemicals that are dangerous and highly addictive to the user.
It is often sold in colorful packets with flavors such as strawberry and blueberry in order to appeal to children, and is the second-most abused drug by high school students after marijuana. It is also illegal in Texas.