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Friends recall 'terrifying' experience
after trying imitation pot
October 24, 2010 - wral.com
Cary, N.C. — Daniel Carr, 23, remembers the night his heart began
racing uncontrollably. Nearby, his 18-year-old friend Austin Walker
experienced similar symptoms, started hallucinating and collapsed on
the ground.
The friends were rushed to a hospital after smoking an herbal incense
known as K2, and now they want to warn others about the dangers.
“It was possibly the most terrifying experience I’ve ever had,” said
Carr.
“It was the worst thing I’ve ever experienced,” added Walker, who says
he nearly died.
The friends were at Carr’s parents’ house in Cary last month when they
decided to try K2, an herbal product known as man-made marijuana or
legal pot, which is legal in North Carolina.
“It’s just an herbal product, so they didn’t see any harm in it, and
what happened the rest of the night was a nightmare for everybody,”
said Cindy Carr, Daniel’s mother.
Tim Carr held his son’s friend after the teen collapsed near the back
deck.
“I had to literally sit with him and hold tight. I mean, he was so
tense, you know. It was almost cutting off my circulation,” Tim Carr
said.
The Carr family said they don’t want this to happen to anyone else.
The K2 product goes by various names, including spice and black mamba,
and is sold at several area smoke shops and convenience stores. It has
similar properties to the THC in marijuana and comes with a disclaimer:
“Not for human consumption.”
A local couple, who did not want to be identified, said they and many
of their friends have smoked K2. One of those friends was rushed to Rex
Hospital and died Saturday night, they said.
“It basically feels like your heart is beating 10 million miles an
hour,” said the anonymous couple. “I would say out of the 20 people
(whom) I talked to since 7:30 yesterday, 17 had said that they had
tried it or one of their friends had tried it.”
Those who've had frightening experiences with the product are urging
lawmakers to take a closer look, and some lawmakers have already talked
about banning the product.
“It should not be (legal), absolutely not. It boggles my mind that it
still is,” Carr said. “This is far deadlier than anything that I have
ever experienced.”
WRAL tried to get a response Sunday night from a shop owner who sells
K2. The man, who did not want to be identified, said he has heard too
many bad things about K2 and is pulling it from his shelves.
John Huffman, a Clemson University chemist who developed the product
while doing pharmaceutical research, told WRAL News last month that the
research did not shed any light on the safety of the product and that
he is not responsible for its recreational use.
The back clearly says it's not for human consumption, if he thinks that means it's safe then he's an idiot.
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ODing from JWH is pretty damn scary, but they are a bunch of bitches. Try eating a 10 strip and watch as everything keeps repeating itself on a loop and you really start to think you lost your mind for several hours. That is true fear, buncha pussies. That's what happens though when morons try new things.
Quote: fapjack said: ODing from JWH is pretty damn scary, but they are a bunch of bitches. Try eating a 10 strip and watch as everything keeps repeating itself on a loop and you really start to think you lost your mind for several hours.
Right, so he is a doctor and know this for a fact, or did he just "ASSUME" he was dying and "ASSUME" that means he nearly died. Being alive means you are nearly dead, so shut up already.
Quote: “It should not be (legal), absolutely not. It boggles my mind that it still is,” Carr said. “This is far deadlier than anything that I have ever experienced"
Yeah, better ban acetone, you know what happens if you drink that? You better ban guns, you know what happens if you shoot yourself in the head?
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Quote: Hashishins said: why would you ever want to try this pathetic synthetic bullshit when the real herbal is safer and better what a bunch of pussies
I can buy it at the store, rather than looking for some shady dealer. I can get higher on synthetics than is possible with pot. If you buy the straight chemicals off the internet it's about 100 x cheaper than pot.
It does not show up on drug tests.
It is not illegal. It has no smell, i can't get arrested and loose my job and driver's license for possession.
It does not make me cough.
Those are just a few of the reasons why synthetics are preferable to cannabis.
If you have a JWH-blend and you overdose, you don't know how to safely/responsibly dose (titrate) anything
That being said, as others have mentioned, overdose on synthetic cannabinoids is quite possible and QUITE unpleasant/terrifying. Where in any normal circumstance you could never reach close to this level with actual WEED, when you have a gram of pure JWH-xxx, the difference between 2mg and 5mg could be DRASTIC. Thinking back, I believe there was a time or two where I might have thought I was dying as a result...
In the end I lost over 500mg of my original 1000mg around the house after having become completely bored of the empty, crappy, but potent high JWH-018 produced and of giving it away, and didn't even try to find it...
P.S. many of the JWH compounds are open aromatic hydrocarbons and could QUITE conceivably be cancerous when burned and inhaled...
-------------------- "The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. The others - the living - are those who pushed their control as far as they felt they could handle it, and then pulled back, or slowed down, or did whatever they had to when it came time to choose between Now and Later"
Yea I kno alot of people using it cause they get drug tested and they cant smoke bud. But that shit gets old real quick and is real easy to OD on since it takes a few mins to kick in and only requires a small dose
I would much rather smoke cannabis than the JWH compounds when given both options, but JWH doesn't show up on standard drug tests (yet) and is much less expensive than weed. The shitty part is that tolerance can develop with JWH-018; so strong that a dose that would normally send a person into seizures now barely gives that person a buzz. Having a large supply of it pretty much forces you to learn self-control.
-------------------- If it's good for fungus, it's good for us...
A local couple, who did not want to be identified, said they and many of their friends have smoked K2. One of those friends was rushed to Rex Hospital and died Saturday night, they said.
What's terrifying for some people is really fun for others. I like to overdose on jdub just for the thrill. If you don't like getting fucked up don't smoke wierd new crazy synthetic drugs, simple as that.
i hear stories of phycicians prescribing their patients new drugs that havent been approved and i think that is fucked when the person grows tits or becomes paralyzed
tho if you have a new recreational drug and you try it for fun without doing research or your the first of five hundred people or so whatever happens to you happens
Do Your Fucking Research.... unless youre one of those people who can withstand any crazy fucking trip (there are some and im not one of them), Do your Fucking Research!
-------------------- notapillow said: "you are going about this endeavor all wrong. clear your mind of useless fear and concern. buy the ticket, take the ride, and all that.... "
ChrisWho said: "It's all about the journey, not the destination."