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Fort Bragg to test soldiers for fake marijuana [NC]
#13464346 - 11/10/10 04:17 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Fort Bragg to test soldiers for fake marijuana November 09, 2010 - JD News
RALEIGH — A legal chemical designed to mimic the effects of marijuana has military, police and government officials across North Carolina weighing the merits of a ban.
Commonly known as “Spice” or “K2,” the synthetic compound is sold as incense in head shops and tobacco stores across the state. Now, as officials worry about the potential side effects of the substance — which are largely unknown — they're considering whether to join six other states in banning it.
“We really need to know the effects of this particular product,” said state Sen. Bill Purcell.
The Laurinburg Democrat, a retired pediatrician, successfully introduced a bill in the last legislative session to ban the sale, possession and manufacture of a hallucinogenic herb called Salvia divinorum.
Manufactured in China and Korea, K2 is sold as incense. It mixes herbs and spices and is then sprayed with a chemical compound similar to THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. Users roll it up in joints or smoke it from a pipe.
There are no research results on how the drug effects humans, including how long it stays in the body. One of the few studies of K2 was done in Europe last year, which found the actual content of the synthetic compound varies wildly from brand to brand.
Purcell and his staff are currently researching the substance and looking at laws passed in other states. He expects to introduce a bill prohibiting it in the next General Assembly session, which starts in January.
“If the state doesn't say anything, that just tells people it's okay,” he said.
At Fort Bragg and at least nine other military installations around the country, the use and possession of K2 is prohibited, with soldiers facing punishment for failing to obey an order if they're caught with the substance.
The post recently became able to administer drug tests that will tell if someone's been using K2, Bragg spokesman Ben Abel told The Fayetteville Observer. One of the merits of K2 has been that, besides being legal in most states, it's also difficult to discover through drug testing.
Calls to Bragg were not immediately returned Monday.
In Winston-Salem, Police Chief Scott Cunningham began meeting with other chiefs after officers noticed a surge in K2 use during last month's Dixie Classic Fair. Winston-Salem police are hoping the General Assembly will move to prohibit sale and possession of the substance next year, but recognize that will be easier said than done.
In other states, sellers of K2 have responded to the bans by making changes to the name of the product and how it's sold, according to Winston-Salem Police Lt. Bart Stone.
“Inevitably, people will try to find loopholes to get around it,” he said.
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Re: Fort Bragg to test soldiers for fake marijuana [NC] [Re: Green_T]
#13464366 - 11/10/10 04:21 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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anyone else find it annoying that popular news in the US refers to jwh-18 as the brand K2? Why dont they name the compound that K2 is laced with? because its harder to demonize a weird sounding chemical than a cool sounding product?
focusing on any product like k2 or spice for control just shows the lack of thought of reps and senators pushing for illegalization and political influence.
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Re: Fort Bragg to test soldiers for fake marijuana [NC] [Re: Green_T]
#13464445 - 11/10/10 04:36 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Already posted here by veg: http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/13451435/page/2
It's just one more reason not to join the army.
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Re: Fort Bragg to test soldiers for fake marijuana [NC] [Re: 2859558484]
#13464553 - 11/10/10 04:55 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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because its harder to demonize a weird sounding chemical than a cool sounding product?
That'd be why. If someone turns on the news and hears 1-pentyl-3-(1-naphthoyl)indole they're gonna change the channel. Maybe we should start referring to all drugs by their real names, the media wouldn't know what to do.
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