Pot: Synthetic stuff

skyraider · Nov 18, 2010

As if we need another form of substance to impair our judgement in society. Its sold in smoke shops. Never heard of this till this morning on the news. Yes its legal because of the label on it, says its not for human use or something like that.

bottom line,,,its causing problems, imagine that.

Turtle · Nov 18, 2010

It has names like spice and genie but is mostly known as K2, providing a high likened to marijuana. If you have not heard of it yet, staffers at places such as the Georgia Poison Center sure have, fielding more than 50 calls about K2 in the last two months.

"We started seeing a mushrooming of calls," Dr. Gaylor Lopez, director of the Georgia Poison Center, said.

Nationwide, more than 500 people have phoned poison centers about the drug already this year, up from just 12 calls last year.

A mushrooming of calls. That's funny.

"You can order it online, and you can get it in magazines," said Siegel. "Very easy to get."

It's not detected by drug-tests either.

"It's like a dream come true for an addict," Jason Schmider, a K2 drug user, said.

Schmider tried the drug more than 50 times until he wound up in the hospital, he said.

It's illegal in six states, Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana and Missouri. And Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey and New York are considering bans.

Right on top of thing as always, the Drug Enforcement Administration is trying to learn what's in the drug itself.

Maybe someone should tell the DEA about Wikipedia.

skyraider · Nov 18, 2010

Turtle said:
A mushrooming of calls. That's funny.

It's illegal in six states, Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana and Missouri. And Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey and New York are considering bans.

Right on top of thing as always, the Drug Enforcement Administration is trying to learn what's in the drug itself.

Maybe someone should tell the DEA about Wikipedia.