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Ythan
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Toward understanding the dangers of the fake marijuana called 'Spice' or 'K2'
#18924367 - 10/03/13 02:59 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Toward understanding the dangers of the fake marijuana called 'Spice' or 'K2' acs.org
"Targeted Metabolomic Approach for Assessing Human Synthetic Cannabinoid Exposure and Pharmacology"
The harmful effects of increasingly popular designer cannabis products called “Spice” or “K2” have puzzled scientists for years, but now a group of researchers is reporting progress toward understanding what makes them so toxic. The study, published in the ACS journal Analytical Chemistry, describes development of a method that could someday help physicians diagnose and treat the thousands of young adults and teens who end up in emergency rooms after taking the drugs.
Jeffery Moran and colleagues note that synthetic marijuana, often marketed as “natural incense,” “potpourri,” Spice or K2, is a significant public health concern, and 1 in 9 high school seniors admit recent use. The products appear across the United States and Europe, and are the second most popular drug after real marijuana for many American teens and young adults. The substances produce a “high,” but also can cause a wide range of dangerous side effects including seizures, hallucinations, severe kidney damage, psychotic behavior and heart attacks. Scientists are quickly playing catch-up to understand how these fake pot products work in order to identify them in users’ urine and to treat the devastating health effects, which, in some cases, plague users for months after they initially take it.
To gain insight into the effects of designer marijuana products, Moran’s team developed a new method and used it to study how the body processes two popular forms in Spice and K2, known as JWH-018 and AM2201. Urine samples from 15 people who tested positive for use showed significant differences in how the individuals’ bodies processed the drugs. This finding could help explain why some people experience more severe effects from the drugs than others.
The authors cite funding from the Association of Public Health Laboratories and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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OrgasmicBanana
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Re: Toward understanding the dangers of the fake marijuana called 'Spice' or 'K2' [Re: Ythan]
#18924967 - 10/03/13 08:34 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Ythan said: in order to identify them in users’ urine
Most of the people i know started smoking spice because they were being drug tested. But a couple of them went to straight junkie status after a few months. I'd like to see what would happen if spice were added to the standard 5 panel. I wonder if it is more popular here in Utah.
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PumpJackTeX
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Re: Toward understanding the dangers of the fake marijuana called 'Spice' or 'K2' [Re: OrgasmicBanana]
#18925292 - 10/03/13 10:36 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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They would have to drug test for the specific drug molecule. Spice has many different molecules depending on who makes it. Making it a lot harder to test for.
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huffinglue
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Re: Toward understanding the dangers of the fake marijuana called 'Spice' or 'K2' [Re: PumpJackTeX]
#18926480 - 10/03/13 03:53 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Not only the side affects, but it smells like total shit! This chick used to live with me for a couple months and I'd make her smoke it in the bathroom. It STILL made my whole apt smell like shit for an entire day! Fuckin dirty.
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Re: Toward understanding the dangers of the fake marijuana called 'Spice' or 'K2' [Re: huffinglue]
#18929133 - 10/04/13 12:35 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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IMHO if the stuf were researched and studied properly like any other rc that kills or puts ppl in hospitals it would not be a problem....
Ths stuff is a result of marijuana prohibition... just like the methylone problem...
You make a substance illegal/expensive/hard to get ppl are going to improvise...
I've had good and poor experiences with these chems.... they aren't natural they aren't pot and shouldn't be treated as such...
If you know what you're doing this stuff can be great... be stupid with it and you end up in a hospital or dead or at the very least talking shit about it on the internet...
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