Inspectors are cracking down on what state leaders call a " highly addictive " chemical found in some goods sold to South Florida teens and young adults.

James Uthmeier, Florida's attorney general, took emergency action in August to ban all sales of 7-Hydromitragynine, known as 7-OH . Two months later, the industry's response is sending a message too.

"The majority of the big smoke shops or distributors or processors have withdrawn the product from the market, which is great," Dr. Myriam Perdomo Pabon, a supervisor for the Division of Food Safety within the Florida Department of Agriculture, said. "They are aware of the danger and I am not aware that we have found any resistance."

Inspectors remove products during shop visits

CBS News Miami followed Perdomo Pabon's team as th

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