States Move to Stamp Out Synthetic Pot, Known as K2 or Spice

Dark Knight · Jul 18, 2010

A blend of herbs laced with synthetic marijuana known popularly as K2 is being sold openly in head shops and online, often sending people who smoke it to hospitals with symptoms ranging from soaring heart rates to paranoia to near-death experiences, according to health professionals.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Politics/k2-marijuana-substance-attracts-state-bans/story?id=11128843

I know someone who uses this and it makes him INSANE. It needs to be banned everywhere ASAP.

southcitymom · Jul 18, 2010

Thanks for posting this, DK. I read an article about this stuff the other day. I had never even heard of such a thing. Parents definitely need to be aware. It sounds very unsafe because everyone mixes up their own "concoction".....yikes!

PorcineGranny · Jul 19, 2010

Dark Knight, I had never heard of this either, thanks. The spice sounds like the movie Dune. I hope parents will be aware of this new danger.

Quiche · Jul 19, 2010

Scary. The real stuff is not half as dangerous. mo

Dark Knight · Jul 19, 2010

Maybe this should be a sticky so more parents/people can learn about this new "legal" drug.

Filly · Nov 22, 2010

An update on this frightening "trend". It was on this evening's news. They need to ban this.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/synthetic-marijuana-legal-drug-scary-consequences/story?id=12211253

Along with this I had just read about kids are now smoking nutmeg out of apples. :doh:

Warning a bunch of people smoking this K2 out of bongs on YouTube.

http://howtosmokeweed.com/k2+blonde/

not_my_kids · Nov 23, 2010

See, the illegal variety, not nearly so dangerous as the legal variety.

Hint, hint, Mr. Government.

Apostapler · Nov 23, 2010

They've banned the sale of this stuff here locally. I work in mental health. We've had a couple of kids that needed mental health inpatient treatment thanks to the effects of this stuff.

Ironically, they would have been better off smoking the real deal (Not that I'm advocating teens doing that!).

Dark Knight · Nov 23, 2010

Filly said:
An update on this frightening "trend". It was on this evening's news. They need to ban this.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/synthetic-marijuana-legal-drug-scary-consequences/story?id=12211253

Along with this I had just read about kids are now smoking nutmeg out of apples. :doh:

Warning a bunch of people smoking this K2 out of bongs on YouTube.

http://howtosmokeweed.com/k2+blonde/

ABC News is a bit slow, I posted this 4 months ago, and since I posted this, my county as well as most of the cities in my county have banned it.

OneLostGrl · Dec 31, 2011

U.S. troops are increasingly using an easy-to-get herbal mix called "Spice," which mimics a marijuana high, is hard to detect and can bring on hallucinations that last for days.

The abuse of the substance has so alarmed military officials that they've launched an aggressive testing program that this year has led to the investigation of more than 1,100 suspected users.

More @ link..

http://news.yahoo.com/synthetic-marijuana-problem-us-military-082100931.html

SwampMama · Dec 31, 2011

not_my_kids said:
See, the illegal variety, not nearly so dangerous as the legal variety.

Hint, hint, Mr. Government.

States That Legalized Medical Marijuana Saw Fewer Traffic Deaths, Study Says

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/30/legalized-marijuana-lower-traffic-deaths_n_1176856.html

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