BP Becomes Latest to Ban Sale of K-2, Spice

BP has become the latest company to ask its gas stations to stop selling Spice and K-2 in the wake of three local tragedies.

In a letter sent Tuesday, Susan Hayden of BP asked local gas station owners to stop selling Spice and other products that are usually labeled as incense to "mask their intended purpose."

"Beginning immediately, all BP-branded sites are prohibited from displaying, using, storing, offering or selling illegal drugs, OR synthetic drugs produced to mimic illegal drugs, (including, but not limited to cannabinoids), or items that are intended or designed for use in ingesting, inhaling or otherwise consuming an illegal drug," Hayden wrote in the letter.

"Prohibited items will include, but not be limited to, pipes, tubes, roach clips, instructions or descriptive materials, or containers for concealing illegal drugs or paraphernalia," Hayden said.

The letter stated that the company's reason for the request had to do both with complying with federal laws, and upholding BP's company image.

Last week,

A pair of bills that would prohibit the sale of “synthetic cannabinoids,” and label their ingredients as controlled substances .

The bills were likely headed for vote by year's end, however, the attention local tragedies tied to the synthetic drug placed on a legislative fast track. The most recent tragedy was the death of Bloomfield Township teen Oliver Smith on May 26. Smith, who graduated from Andover High School,

A boycott of all was , who began a local charge against Spice and K2 being sold in the city after his daughter tried a form of the drug. A Facebook group started on ridding Dearborn of K2 sales has garnered 125 members as of June 5.

Arnold stated that if BP confirms that the request of its affiliates to stop selling the substances is nationwide, he will call off the boycott.