More On Fake “Marijuana”
Joe | Jul 13, 2010 | Comments 13
Last month I wrote a post about K2, the so-called synthetic “marijuana.” I did so to point out how it is not marijuana at all, and people use that name to get you to buy something synthetic by making you think it’s organic cannabis. Comparing K2 to marijuana is totally bogus at best, and very dangerous at worst.
And although there may be some marijuana mixed in your K2 batch, it’s impossible to know what other chemicals have been added to what you are going to ingest in your body. AOL News posted a story yesterday about K2 that has some interesting facts.
Also known as K2, the combination of herbs mixed with a lab-produced strain of marijuana is usually marketed as incense or bath salts.
But K2 is being blamed in at least one death, that of 18-year-old suicide victim David Rozga in Iowa, as well as hundreds of emergency room visits and 567 calls to poison-control centers this year alone. In 2009, there were a mere 13 calls to poison-control centers.
K2 apparently elevates your heart rate, maybe leading some to think they are having a heart attack. I don’t know about you, but a simulated heart attack is not the buzz I’m looking to cop.
K2 originated at Clemson University, where researchers developed synthetic cannabinoids in an effort to create therapeutic drugs. But the cannabinoids also have effects akin to THC, the key ingredient in marijuana.
And since K2 is largely created by individual sellers, it’s anyone’s guess what else is added to the mix.
“Our biggest concern is that this particular chemical is likely manufactured in a dorm-room setting,” Dr. Gaylord Lopez, head of the Georgia Poison Center, told CNN. “And these dorm-room scientists are not going to be exhibiting a lot of quality-assurance techniques.”
True, you run the risk of getting laced marijuana from a drug dealer – yet another argument for legalization and regulation. But the main thing to remember is that if you buy some K2, you will not be smoking marijuana. You’re smoking a synthetic group of chemicals, not natural, not organic. Incense, basically.
When you call it marijuana you give false hope, and cause many to let their guard down. That could have tragic consequences.
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It’s the media that is labeling it as synthetic, or fake, weed.
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I tried the stuff last night, and yes my heartbeat skyrocketed, i thought for sure that i would have a heart attack. but I didnt, and my trip was…..well it was kind of horrific i was surrounded by a couple of people who i didnt trust, and hearing them talk, I knew that if something happened to me I would have been screwed…..so yeah the stuff is powerful just do it around people you trust and the experience will be enjoyable.
Oh and when i said trip….I mean you will TRIP!
This stuff is dangerous. I woke up the other night to my neighbor’s horrific screams only to find her punching her way through the window to escape. After a trip to the Emergency Room and 100′s of stitches later she called to thank me for helping her and she explained whe took K2 and was tripping. She said she saw the Devil in her room and he was trying to kill her. That explained why she thought our flashlights were Jesus coming to save her. She was so f****d up that it took 7 cops and Fire Rescue to get her on the gurney and in the Ambulance. Dangerous stuff, scared the hell out of me.
i tryit and it had me really high i didnt feel anything unnormal it was ok plus it dont be in your sistem
Wow you’re intelligent…Screw Haze man it costs the same as Green my ass…I live in Charleston South Carolina 20-25 bucks a gram, 45-50 for 3 grams. Lol I can get a Fat quarter of some dank for 50 bucks plus everyone is so concerned with freakin buying weed? I mean yeah if you get caught you’re going to jail but what are the chances, if you ask me I say that risk is well worth the insurance of some natural Green that wasn’t synthesized in one of my buddy’s dorm rooms. Just Saying
Man they f**k in liers I smoke fake weed almost every day some people have bad trips most don’t and u will not die…
I smoke fake weed every day also and Its not nearly as strong as real weed. I get UA’s so I cant smoke marijuana, otherwise I defiinitely would be. It’s not good for you like marijuana but if you cant smoke the real stuff and need something to calm you down and help you chill then its better than nothing I say. It just gives you a head change and calms and relaxs you a little. People triping out on it are just exaggerating and probably got some other problems not related to the incense.
I used to be a regular marijuana user, and find that K2 is a great substitute. And no, I don’t use any drugs nor drink alcohol. “Fake weed” does not cause you to “trip.” It is not even comparable to other drugs such as mushrooms or LSD that are known to have such side effects. What is does, is make you feel more relaxed.
Ive done head trip and it f**ked me up I had to go to the hospital my legs and hands were shaking i had back pains an shoulder pains my mouth was dry like sand paper and I could not breathe that much I could only say a few words like yes and no It was honestly the worse feeling in the world I thought I was going to die
I know one thing…that sh*t ain’t like no weed. It made me feel crazy..I broke out in a cold sweat and was trembling. I managed to keep it together and swore that if I lived Id never do it again! Personally, I thought there was something evil about it. ?
I smoked head trip a couple of times and as long as i didn’t smoke to much i was fine but there was a time when i over did it and i lost my hearing,sight along with all motor functions i didn’t know what was happening but when i came to my friend told me my eyes rolled back and i was twitching violently. Once i came back to life i threw up everything in my stomach…i will never do that sh*t again.
I tried head trip last night, i smoked a bowl…. i must have overdone it by a lot. I ended up on the couch heart beat skyrocketed, and i was having a hard time breathing. I do not recommend head trip at all, and if you do try it, make sure you do it in small smalll quantities. I literally thought i was going to die, and yes I did trip, it was nothing like being high, and was defiantly alot more potent than any weed i’ve ever smoked.
The only thing that made me feel any better at all, was when i puked about 2 hours into it and then 45 minutes after puking I ate 3 apples. Those were some fucking good apples.