By STEVEN REILLY sreilly@njherald.com NEWTON â “ That sweet smell coming from your teenagers’ room may not be strawberries. It could be K2. And it could kill them. K2; also known as Spice or G-Four; is an incense product that contains banned federal Drug Enforcement Administration Schedule-1 synthetic cannabinoids made to mimic the effects of a marijuana “high.” The drug’s sweet smell has been likened to strawberries. The product is sold over the counter at local convenience stores as incense to any person with $30. Unlike tobacco products or alcohol, there is no age restriction on the purchase of K2 in New Jersey. Traditional drug tests do not detect K2; an additional screening process is used to detect the synthetic drug.
Category: K2 Incense News Archive June
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Duluth seller of fake pot to drop case against city
The Last Place on Earth has agreed to drop its suit against Duluth, according the city attorney’s office. The local head shop had sought to overturn an ordinance banning the sale or possession of synthetic marijuana products in city limits.
But a recently passed state law set to take effect July 1 will prohibit the sale or possession of synthetic pot anywhere in Minnesota. The federal government also has sought to regulate the substances, often marketed as “incense” under a number of brand names such as K2 or Spice.
Consequently, Deputy City Attorney Alison Lutterman notified Duluth city councilors that she has prepared and filed a repealing ordinance.
Jim Carlson, the owner of the Last Place on Earth, said he will continue his legal battle against efforts to outlaw synthetic marijuana at the federal and state levels.
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Alaska law banning K2 incense, Spice scheduled to take effect in July
A bill has passed out of the Alaska State Legislature to outlaw the sale or possession of 10 different chemical combinations used individually or collectively to create “synthetic cannabinoids” that’s reportedly caused “heart attack-like symptoms” for Alaskans.
In Anchorage and elsewhere, the products have been sold under the brands K2 and Spice. Both products are being manufactured and branded as incense but advertised as “drugs that get you high.” And they’ve done so, until recently, without breaking any laws. They look like marijuana but are not; essentially, these leafy products are sprayed with various chemicals that, until recently, were unclassified under law.