It looks like the Governor’s ban on synthetic pot just stinks.

Governor Nathan Deal and the state legislature tried to ban the sale of synthetic marijuana, but chemists have outsmarted them.

"It's something completely different," Nelly Miles, GBI Chemistry Section manager, told Channel 2 Action News.

Distributors of synthetic cannabis changed the molecular structure so that stores can once again stock K-2 and spice without liability.

Miles says chemists are using a compound called UR-144. It’s legal in Georgia and does not contained any ingredients banned under the law that was expanded in April.

"In order to make this new chemical, there's no telling what kind of effect it can have. These drugs are virtually unstudied," Miles said.

Georgia state senator Buddy Carter of Pooler authored the legislation. He says manufactures went back to basics and started all over again. Carter vows to revisit the ban next year.