De Blasio Signs Bills Criminalizing Sale of K2

Mayor Bill de Blasio signed legislation Tuesday that will criminalize the sale and production of K2, a drug sold in bodegas and convenience stores that has ravaged the homeless populations in East Harlem for months, and has been directly responsible for at least one death.

De Blasio signed the three pieces of legislation aimed at curbing the K2 epidemic at the 25th Precinct Police station on 119th Street, near an area that has been hit particularly hard by use of the drug.