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'Weaponized Marijuana' Is Allegedly The New Scary Drug In NYC
    #22044136 - 08/04/15 07:42 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

'Weaponized Marijuana' Is Allegedly The New Scary Drug In New York City


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'Weaponized Marijuana' Is Allegedly The New Scary Drug In New York City
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EDWARD MCALLISTER Reuters

It gives users super human strength, makes them impervious to pain and can be bought for as little as $2 across New York. It can also kill, police say.
Illegal synthetic marijuana, or "weaponized" marijuana as police are calling it, is spreading across New York, particularly the city's homeless population in search of a cheap high but who often wind up hospitalized or dead.

Little is understood about the drug, also known as "K-2" or "spice." A spike in hospitalizations this year, some deaths, and camera footage of crazed and violent users have prompted police to act.

"The synthetic marijuana issue has been one of great and growing concern here in New York," said NYPD Commissioner William Bratton at a press conference on Tuesday in which he also released monthly crime statistics. "You are going to see a lot more of it in the short term."


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Synthetic marijuana refers to herbal mixtures sold in small packets that often contain shredded plants and chemicals that when smoked can cause hallucinations, paranoia and even cardiac arrest. A federal ban on compounds found in synthetic marijuana products was enacted in 2012 and it is illegal to sell it in New York State.

One video streamed at Tuesday's press conference showed a naked man, who police say was high on synthetic marijuana, ranting and smashing a hole in a wooden fence with his fist before being pepper sprayed and wrestled to the ground by a group of officers. In another video a man, also unclothed, crouched in the middle of a street, delirious, screaming at the ground.

Between April 1 and July 31, more than 1,900 people were admitted to hospitals in New York State after taking the substance, the NYPD said. One man high on the drug used his hands to stop an electric saw being used by police to open a door, Bratton said, leaving him covered in blood.

Police are building a picture of how the substance is sold and who is using.

Raids on corner stores and other outlets, which have been illegally selling synthetic marijuana in packages for $2 to $5, have helped slow use.

Police in New York and elsewhere have been issued with information about the drug and how to deal with users, including calling for extra backup.

(Reporting by Edward McAllister; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)


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Re: 'Weaponized Marijuana' Is Allegedly The New Scary Drug In NYC [Re: Adden]
    #22044223 - 08/04/15 07:58 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

:minigun:  :header:


demonized cannabis for the win!


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Re: 'Weaponized Marijuana' Is Allegedly The New Scary Drug In NYC [Re: Adden]
    #22044232 - 08/04/15 07:59 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

K-2 is still a thing?  I haven't been reading drug news headlines much for the past couple years, but apparently nothing changes.


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Re: 'Weaponized Marijuana' Is Allegedly The New Scary Drug In NYC [Re: Society]
    #22044461 - 08/04/15 08:47 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

I've never liked all this synthetic stuff, cant beat good old weed. My mate used to use it until his jugular swoll up and moved his voice box to one side and looked like his vein is going to explode.


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Re: 'Weaponized Marijuana' Is Allegedly The New Scary Drug In NYC [Re: Society] * 1
    #22044465 - 08/04/15 08:48 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

More of a reason to legalize REAL marijuana. People who smoke the herb are too fuckin chill to get naked and go screaming and raging in the street. Stoners just get hungry and happy. :jah:


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Re: 'Weaponized Marijuana' Is Allegedly The New Scary Drug In NYC [Re: jbaby007]
    #22044523 - 08/04/15 08:58 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

we've had decriminalized weed for decades
they arrest people in public
now they don't but the amount you can have is less then a ounce

i don't think they follow either


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Re: 'Weaponized Marijuana' Is Allegedly The New Scary Drug In NYC [Re: Konyap]
    #22045532 - 08/05/15 01:22 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Maybe legalize it and you won't have any of these problems?


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Re: 'Weaponized Marijuana' Is Allegedly The New Scary Drug In NYC [Re: sh4d0ws]
    #22046254 - 08/05/15 08:57 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Synthetic weed should be called synthetic garbage. It's really a disgrace to compare that stuff to weed. I've smoked it before back when it was legal and it was so fucking horrible. The high you get from it is nothing like weed it's more like a paranoid "oh fuck I'm gunna die" type of high. I remember being high on it once and not even recognizing my best friend. I was stuck on my couch unable to talk or even comprehend what was around me. I looked at my friend and felt like I knew him, but had no clue at all who he was until I came down from it. Definitely the worst experience drugs have ever given me. The only reason people even try it is because they hear synthetic weed and think the high is going to be similar to real weed.


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Re: 'Weaponized Marijuana' Is Allegedly The New Scary Drug In NYC [Re: Dr.Satan]
    #22046270 - 08/05/15 09:02 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

weed the safer option so why not legalise it and ban the untested crap!

we been testing weed for hundreds if not thousands of years!

nothings changing:thumbup:

the more these legal highs are demonised the better it only bolsters weeds position as a safe drug:smile:

got to be good for the cause in the long run imo


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Re: 'Weaponized Marijuana' Is Allegedly The New Scary Drug In NYC [Re: mustangbob3]
    #22047132 - 08/05/15 12:17 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Greed runs this country, how long will they kill our people in the name of mo money? People suffer everyday in ways you can't imagine just so the rich get richer.


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Re: 'Weaponized Marijuana' Is Allegedly The New Scary Drug In NYC [Re: mustangbob3]
    #22047174 - 08/05/15 12:20 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

This is just a marketing ploy to sell the left over Y2K shirts...


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Re: 'Weaponized Marijuana' Is Allegedly The New Scary Drug In NYC [Re: ellomello]
    #22047977 - 08/05/15 03:13 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Quote:

ellomello said:
This is just a marketing ploy to sell the left over Y2K shirts...





obviously :p


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Re: 'Weaponized Marijuana' Is Allegedly The New Scary Drug In NYC [Re: OrgasmicBanana]
    #22048121 - 08/05/15 03:43 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

made in china = safe and affordable


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Re: 'Weaponized Marijuana' Is Allegedly The New Scary Drug In NYC [Re: Adden]
    #22049840 - 08/05/15 07:57 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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Re: 'Weaponized Marijuana' Is Allegedly The New Scary Drug In NYC [Re: jgotti]
    #22051785 - 08/06/15 04:19 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

I cannot *believe* they are calling it "weaponized marijuana"...as its not marijuana and not a weapon. I guess "synthetic" is losing its edge, gotta call it "weaponized" now. Just like the war on terror. Ps. Some synthetics have plenty of potential, they just shouldnt be smoked randomly in mixed packets. Some of these cannabinoids might be orally active and might be just as effective against cancer/epilepsy/other problems. Its not like theyve been well researched, and there are hundreds of known cannabimimetic substances. They are not at all evil the way they are made out to be. They are just not used correctly much of the time. Its like when people use bho like its just weed, but much much more intense than that (since these are full agonsts alot of the time, thc is partial)


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