{"id":691,"date":"2012-07-10T15:50:05","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T15:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.council.nyc\/press\/?p=691"},"modified":"2016-12-12T15:50:37","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T15:50:37","slug":"statement-from-council-speaker-christine-c-quinn-re-attorney-general-schneidermans-lawsuit-against-the-sale-of-illegal-designer-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2012\/07\/10\/691\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn Re: Attorney General Schneiderman\u2019s Lawsuit Against the Sale of Illegal Designer Drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe public and especially our youth should not be fooled by the fancy names and deceptive packaging of synthetic drugs. These products are not safe for use, they are illegal and they place lives in danger. Even still, manufacturers and retailers continue to aggressively target and endanger our youth with the sale of these illicit drugs.<br \/>\nToday, with the announcement that he is suing stores that sell &#8220;designer drugs&#8221;, Attorney General Schneiderman has made clear his steadfast commitment to rid New York of these dangerous products. I applaud the Attorney General\u2019s efforts and support all action to eradicate these substances throughout New York State. I stand ready to join him in his efforts here in New York City. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe public and especially our youth should not be fooled by the fancy names and deceptive packaging of synthetic drugs. These products are not safe for use, they are illegal and they place lives in danger. Even still, manufacturers and retailers continue to aggressively target and endanger our youth with the sale of these illicit drugs.<br \/>\nToday, with the announcement that he is suing stores that sell &#8220;designer drugs&#8221;, Attorney General Schneiderman has made clear his steadfast commitment to rid New York of these dangerous products.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2012\/07\/10\/691\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}