Fake Pot - K2 Will Be Finally Banned
in US for a Year
Press Release 2010-11
On November 24, 2010, Drug Enforcement Administration
officials, finally imposed a nationwide ban to the "legal
weed", K2, due to the alarming rise in reported abuse.
Also known as Spice the herbal blend has been sold in
small, silvery plastic bags of dried leaves and marketed
as incense that can be smoked. Easy available at convenience
stores and specialty shops K2 mimics the effects of marijuana
and has gained alarming popularity for such copycat abilities.
The ban is to take effect in the next 30 days or so
and it will make illegal for at least a year to sell
or possess products containing the five chemicals found
in K2. Some 15 states already have banned some or all
"legal high" products. When the waiting period
expires, sale or possession of the substances will be
a federal crime.
"Legal high" products claim to be mixtures
of herbs that can be smoked for a psychedelic effect.
But the herbs listed on the package label often are
missing from the actual product. Instead, the product
contains a leafy mixture that is spiked with a designer
drug -- usually one of the five drugs listed by the
DEA. The same product often is spiked with different
doses of different drugs, making it impossible for users
to know what they are taking.
Unlike cannabis, which has been used by humans for
millennia, the new synthetic marijuana have never been
tested in humans.
Street Names: Bliss, Black Mamba, Bombay Blue, Fake
Weed, Genie, Nice, Guy, Oasis, Spice, Zohai
Ingredients: Beach Bean, White and
Blue Water Lily, Rosehip, Blue Lotus
Mean Chemical Ingredient: JWH-018
Methods of Abuse
K2 products are usually smoked in joints or pipes, but
some users make it into a tea.
Effect on the Mind
Psychological effects are similar to those of marijuana
and include paranoia, panic attacks, and giddiness.
Effect on the Body
Physiological effects of K2 include increased heart
rate and increase of blood pressure. It appears to be
stored in the body for long periods of time, and therefore
the long-term effects on humans are not fully known.
K2 has become a highly problematic substance among
young adults.
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