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Why VIP Smoke Shop is at 'war' with local law enforcement
In June 2022, a Warren County sheriff's sergeant got a tip that VIP Smoke Shop in Maineville was selling vape products containing psychoactive substances to minors, some of whom had become "violently ill." The sheriff's office began an …