The House and Senate agreed on legislation Monday to ban 26 chemicals found in synthetic marijuana, marketed under names like K2, Spice and Yucatan Fire.

Panelists deciding details of the proposed Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act agreed to classify the chemicals on Schedule 1 of the Controlled Substances Act, effectively outlawing them, according to a Drug Enforcement Administration release.

The synthetics, which are sprayed on dried plant material and sold in brightly colored packages as “incense,” are popular with youth and young adults who want to get high but not get caught; just a handful of the roughly 100 permutations of the compounds are detected by urinalysis, and relatively few of the chemicals in the products are illegal.

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