Wednesday, June 30, 2010

K2 Spice to Become Illegal in Alabama


June 25th, 2010 admin

On July 1st, K2 Spice, the synthetic incense will become illegal in Alabama.


 “Spice”, which most people had not even heard of a few months


ago, is becoming newsworthy in the U.S. and abroad. This is a blend of herbs coated with a synthetic


chemical which is very similar to the natural substance in marijuana which gives users their ‘high’.


The chemicals reportedly stimulate the same brain areas affected by marijuana.



The product is used and sold as incense and has been legal for years, until this K2 (spice) was found


to produce a feeling of euphoria.


The products have been illegal in many European and Asian countries but are not so in the United


States. They have, however, become a cause for concern by lawmakers and health officials in a number of


states. Three states have already banned the sale or possession of them…Kansas made it illegal in March


of this year, Kentucky in April, and now Alabama becomes number three beginning in one week from today.



Other states legislatures have passed laws banning these substances which are awaiting their governors


signatures…Georgia, Missouri and Tennessee. And, at present, there are five other states which have


bills under consideration. Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, New Jersey and New York.



One teenager from Fairhope Alabama, who had a seizure and remained in a coma for a couple of months,


after using some ‘spice’. The Iowa State Poison Control Center reports that these chemicals can cause


anxiety, panic attacks, agitation, hallucinations and seizures.



Gary Kendell, Iowa’s drug policy coordinator and director of the Governor’s Office of Drug Control


Policy said, “Our concern about this substance and others like it has become an unfortunate reality


with the recent tragic death of a central Iowa teen after using K2.” (Officials warn about marijuana-


like substance: Burlington, Iowa-the hawkeye.com)



Chief Shawn Giddy, of the Jacksonville State University campus police received notification from the


university’s student health care services office that some students had reported severe nausea after


smoking spice.



One official stated that the seeming biggest concern of these drugs is that they are in no way


regulated. The variation in formulation and amounts of each which are put into the final products vary


widely and no one knows when they could receive an overdose.

If you don't live in those states you can still get K2 incenses at:


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