Last Place on Earth can't reopen for at least a year

Last Place on Earth
In this file photo from 2012, police officers from the Duluth Police Department stand outside the Last Place on Earth in Duluth, Minn. A judge has ordered the head shop to remain closed for at least one year.
Derek Montgomery for MPR

A judge has ordered a Duluth head shop where synthetic drugs were sold to remain closed for at least one year.

Judge Shaun Floerke issued a permanent injunction Tuesday in the city of Duluth's nuisance lawsuit against the Last Place on Earth.

The Duluth News Tribune reports the judge ordered owner Jim Carlson not to sell synthetic drugs within the city.

Carlson cannot reopen his downtown store for one year, and is prevented from selling synthetics out of any other location in Duluth.

The store has been closed since the judge issued a temporary injunction in July.

Carlson remains jailed while he awaits sentencing after being found guilty of 51 federal offenses in October.

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