Friday, March 5, 2010

National media is abuzz about 'K2'. A scary drug, or just another drug scare?

This  Feb. 15, 2010, photo shows a package of K2 which contains herbs and spices sprayed with a synthetic compound chemically similar to THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. State lawmakers in Missouri and Kansas have introduced bills which would create penalties for K2 possession similar to those for marijuana.(AP Photo/Kelley McCall)

Fake-Pot Panic

 What would he make of all the recent stories about K2, or "fake marijuana," which is essentially a legal, smoking form of psychoactive potpourri?

 Breathless news reports about the substance have been popping up all over in the last few days. If you live in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, or Wisconsin, you've probably seen one. Maybe you even caught a Missouri detective's panicked prediction that K2 is "going to end up killing somebody." As far as we know, though, it hasn't. Why is it suddenly getting all this attention?”

photo source - A package of K2: Herbs sprayed with a synthetic marijuana compound

Pot Propaganda

A look at decades of pro- and anti-marijuana media go here 

How Oakland Is Leading Marijuana Legalization
How L.A. Became Overrun With Legal Marijuana
Ethan Nadelmann's Fight to Legalize Marijuana
VIDEO: Marijuana Mecca,
VIDEO: Pot's Biggest Bud

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