More than 17,000 packages of the drug 7-OH have been removed from Florida retailers in the wake of the state’s move to ban the substance from commercial sale this Summer.

Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson , who leads the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services ( FDACS ), issued a news release explaining that state agents have taken the drug off the shelves of stores in more than 20 counties. The move came after Attorney General James Uthmeier issued a ban on the substance Aug. 13 .

Simpson last month immediately agreed to direct law enforcement officials and regulators to fan out across the state, inspecting stores to see if products containing 7-OH were still on the shelves. Simpson said 17,311 packets of 7-OH have since been confiscated.

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