There may be nothing like the real thing, but some industrious marijuana users have seized on an obscure but easily accessible substance that mimics the drug's effects on the brain âcreating a popular trade in legal dope that has stymied law enforcement authorities.
The users are buying a product known as K2 â or Spice, Genie and Zohai â that is commonly sold in headshops as incense. Produced in China and Korea, the mixture of herbs and spices is sprayed with a synthetic compound chemically similar to THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. Users roll it up in joints or inhale it from pipes, just like the real thing.
Though banned in most of Europe, K2's key ingredients are not regulated in the United States â a gap that has prompted lawmakers in Missouri and Kansas to consider new legislation.
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The users are buying a product known as K2 â or Spice, Genie and Zohai â that is commonly sold in headshops as incense. Produced in China and Korea, the mixture of herbs and spices is sprayed with a synthetic compound chemically similar to THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. Users roll it up in joints or inhale it from pipes, just like the real thing.
Though banned in most of Europe, K2's key ingredients are not regulated in the United States â a gap that has prompted lawmakers in Missouri and Kansas to consider new legislation.
Full Story: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35444158/ns/health-addictions/
