New York state officials have finally declared all sales of synthetic cannabis illegal. The state’s Senate decided in Albany today that New York can no longer allow this toxic substance sold within its state lines.
We’ve seen, over and over again, just how dangerous and even lethal, synthetic marijuana can be, so it’s encouraging that states like New York are viewing the narcotic as the serious threat to society it is.
The order issued Thursday calls for sales and distribution to stop immediately. Local health officials will distribute details of the ban to stores and will be tasked with checking for compliance.
Shah said calls to state poison control centers related to the synthetics increased to 105 since the beginning of 2011, compared to four in 2009 and 2010 combined. More than half the calls involved people under the age of 19. He said national poison control centers have received about 8,000 calls since 2011.
Violators will be referred to the state’s attorney general for prosecution and civil penalties would be set by a judge. [Wall Street Journal]
And it was about time. Bodegas scattered all over every corner and block in New York City and have been selling this lethal substance for far too long. Unfortunately, people can still score this crap in some states.
A bill in Senate to federally ban the sale of synthetic marijuana is currently in delay because a moronic Republican from Kentucky, Rand Paul, wants the sale of substances like K2 and Spice controlled on a state to state basis. Still, it’s really a matter of when, not if, the substance is declared federally illegal.
(I will post this story every time there is a fake pot article. Anything to stop people from using it.)
Fake pot is DISGUSTING. I don’t get why people keep banning new chemicals, meanwhile there are 500 waiting in the wings to take their place. Just do this and ban them outright. The only reason this shit exists is because weed is illegal. That and drug testing for jobs. I’ve been clean and sober for a year plus trying to get a job, and everyone always tells me to just go with the fake shit. Well I tried it a while back and all I have to say is NO. You want to ‘say no to drugs’? Say no to that shit! Smoke weed! I bought something called Spike Max. It was $35/g and let me preface this horror story with *I ONLY TOOK ONE HIT*. That one hit felt like glass shards ripping through my lungs. I coughed my brains out and instantaneously felt more fucked up than I’ve ever been in my entire life. And NOT in a good way. I had a complete nervous breakdown on that shit. I felt like I was on a stage and God was constantly watching me from a perspective I just couldn’t see. Sitting in the invisible audience judging my every move. On marijuana I never got nervous or paranoid, it always made me just real chill and go with the flow. On Spike I was hyper paranoid and freaking out and nearly had a panic attack the entire time. I thought the world was out to get me and all of my loved ones secretly hated me. So I started crying. Oh and instead of getting the munchies like on weed, food absolutely disgusted me on this shit. I felt like if I ate I’d puke. And it also SEVERELY dehydrates you. Which I found out after sobering up and wondering why I was puking so much. (And to someone with Emetophobia, that is HELL.). Please, use my cautionary tale as a learning lesson. You don’t have to murder someone to know that it is a bad idea. And you don’t have to smoke this fake shit to know it is a bad idea either. I don’t ever want anyone to have to go through what I did. I’d rather just stay (sadly) sober for the rest of my life than to EVER smoke that shit again. (I have my first interview in a year on Monday. Wish me luck greenies.) Please, if given the option, turn it down and say NO to this DRUG. I don’t CARE that it won’t show up on a drug test. I had a friend who couldn’t smoke for the same reason and smoked this crap for a year EVERY DAY. By the end of that year he went to the doctor and the doc told him whatever he was doing (since he wouldn’t admit it) would KILL HIM. His lungs were shredded and if he didn’t stop he would start to bleed into his lungs. He couldn’t walk up a flight of steps without nearly blacking out. The worst part about all of this is I still get ‘flashbacks’. (I’ve never done LSD but to those of you who have, I’m sure its the same). Anything that has to do with that time I was high (and most of it was spent with someone driving me around as I freaked out to ‘calm me down’) triggers it. EVERY time I drive a car, if I don’t pay attention, I’ll start flashing. When I was on it, it seemed like the road was a flat surface and everything else that was not the road was a ‘pop up’. So as we drove by, everything got close to us and then started to ‘flatten’, and go UNDER the car. I was tripping BAD. And still, four years later I can see that shit if I don’t constantly remind myself not to. I can’t urge you all enough, WEED IS AMAZING. This shit is NOT weed, it doesn’t act anything LIKE weed and should be avoided at ALL COSTS. Hell go do Salvia. Go do shrooms. Any other natural drug. It is meant to be in your body and works with your body. This shit is CHEMICALS. You are smoking straight up chemicals. For your own sanity and safety, STEER CLEAR. I worry because I care. Now after all that depressing crap, if you’re still reading this, you deserve a bowl of the real shit. Now go spark one up and take an extra rip for me. I hope to be back among the stoners soon enough.
i remember spike max, that was my favorite, that and VOODOO. and yeah the high isnt the same but after the 3rd time i got high on that the paranoia was gone, as in i knew what to expect now. the only bad thing is that it hurt when i pee after smoking and my eyes were redder then they would be with pot.
havent used it since the ban back in 2010. JWH is whats being banned.
Smoked too much and now you want everyone else to suffer for it? Then this is your lucky day NAZI.
“I will post this story every time there is a fake pot article.” OK. And every time I see your foolish post I’ll respond in the same way.
Before you start foaming at the mouth about how dangerous these chemicals are, take a deep breath and realize that the effects you claim to have experienced are the complete opposite of what most users experience. If you did experience these effects then I suggest you no longer take these chemicals. Some people can’t take aspirin. Is your advice that all people refrain from its use?
Your claims are simply unbelievable. Your entire post reads like Reefer Madness updated for research chemicals. Pardon me if I call you on your BS.
Dehydration? From what? URB-594? A JWH? AM-2201? None of these chemicals in themselves affect the kidneys’ re-absorption of fluids. Do you even know what chemical you took? Do you know what dehydration or what causes it? All chemicals are dangerous but your ignorance of these chemicals and your body magnifies that danger immeasurably.
“One hit”, eh? I buy my chemicals 10g/2 weeks. JWH-018 early on. AM-2201 until recently. Now the UR series. I make my own “blend” at a 1 to 2 ratio (10g chemical/20g parsley). Any commercial product you can buy will have substantially less than 30mg chemical/g substrate for a ratio < 1/33. I have to smoke nearly a whole half gram joint at a 1/2 ratio to feel its effects. But you suffered a "complete nervous breakdown" on a single hit of a 1/33 blend? If that's true, you needed a psych long before you took any chemical.
Any mind-altering substance will dramatically effect any mental illness. I'm sorry you're ill in that way. Most people who need this medicine are not ill in that way and for you to advise all people to avoid a medicine that may help some of us is despicable and irresponsible. Self-dramatization is no contribution to the dialogue. If you need some attention, buy a dog.
Lasted for how long? You are aware, I suppose, that a REAL danger of these chemicals is their additive nature. Because the effects are so short-lived (45mins compared to cannabis' three+ hours) the need to re-dose is increased, inclining one first to tolerance and then to addiction.
Fortunately, addiction in this case is similar to a cannabis addiction. All psychological, mild, and easily managed. ( (BTW… my tolerance goes up and down depending on how much attention I pay to how little medicine I can take and still feel its effects. My tolerance is roughly the same, or less, now as when I first began using these chemicals.)
"flashbacks"? Good god.
"and the doc told him whatever he was doing (since he wouldn’t admit it) would KILL HIM."This is not even good fiction. If your friend is such a doofus that he'll accept a statement from a physician that some unknown activity is going to kill him if he doesn't stop then he deserves the medical attention he's getting.
Please keep in mind that doctors are scientists first and foremost. "We don't know what's going on but, since you're going to die from it, we'll just send you home and see the next patient" isn't something a doctor would say no matter how incompetent he is. He'd be in court in a quick minute and lose his license and fortune
Most likely what your friend was told is "You're not very healthy. Let's find out why."The doctor would then begin running tests that would indicate what organs were affected and the physician would then prescribe a medication for that damage. It wouldn't matter a whit whether the doctor knew the cause of the condition.. He would treat the condition and your friend would live happily ever after.
"On marijuana I never got nervous or paranoid" then you are the first person in 10,000 years who, with regular use, has not at some time felt "the fear". A regular user of alcohol will sooner or later take that one sip too many, regret it, and learn from it. Most people who use chemicals that will effect their CB! and CB2 receptors sooner or later have a similar experience to drinkers. And they learn from it and move on. Perhaps you should, also.
"flashbacks"? Good god.
“$35/g”? Not in this country.
I encourage people who are ill and live where there is no available medical cannabis to investigate these chemicals using their intelligence and good research. As long as I am at 63 years old in danger of being put in a cage for years on end because I need a particular kind of medicine then I will seek out the safest legal alternatives available that will help me function despite intractable medical conditions.
I take these chemicals because after a two week stay in the hospital a year and a half ago for a heart/lung condition I have suffered from nausea so debilitating and medically unaddressable that I am unable to work or care for my nine year old son without them. Cannabis is illegal here (Mn). Who will care for my son if I get caught buying the only medicine that works? You? No. Your job is to create hysteria. You'd be too busy.
thank god. this shit is the total opposite of weed. it contributes to the negative view that non-potsmokers have on real marijuana. bout time they bannedit.
“thank god (it’s been banned). this shit is the total opposite of weed” (from SouthDallasSchwagg)
Cannabis effects are induced by agonizing CB! and CB2 receptors in our bodies. The JWH series was created in 1994 by John W Hoffman under contract to the feds to create chemicals that would as narrowly as possible effect ONLY the CB1 and CB2 receptors. He created over 400 of these chemicals and they are very selective indeed. For you to say that these chemicals are the exact opposite of weed merely announces to the world that you are absolutely uninformed concerning the chemical structure and route of activity of both weed and these research chemicals. Too bad weed doesn’t make a person smarter
“bout time they bannedi”
or more compassionate.
i use fake pot, i believe the name is marshmallow leaf of what i smoke.
i only do it cause my dealers keep getting busted cause their retarded and sell to under cover cops.
i been without pot for 10 days now, i have money, just no weed.
Yay! Ignorance and The State have triumphed over Freedom once again. So a bunch of retarded kids were dying because they’re retarded and die from it? How is this a bad thing?
Oops that reply was meant for Mr. Giant paragraph I don’t like it so it should be illegal. My bad.