According to the USA Today:
Nearly a dozen states and several cities are banning or debating bans on K2 — a packet of herbs coated with a synthetic chemical that mimics a marijuana high when it’s smoked — amid fears that its use is spreading among young people.
K2, also known as “Spice,” is sold online, in convenience stores and in herbal or spiritual shops, and is usually marketed as incense. The herbs, which sell for as much as $35 an ounce, have emerged as a popular, legal alternative to marijuana among teenagers and college students.
The Sacred Journey, a medicinal herb store in Lawrence, Kan., had sold K2 starting in August as part of a collection of incense, owner Natalie McAnulla says. Store sales skyrocketed from $1,000 a day to $10,000 a day.
What…did the price of oregano go up?!
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SMOKIN’ CAMEL IS GOD!!!
Do u smoke cigs?
yes i do. and the only time i wil stop smoking is when i end up pregnante.. somking is bad yes but it relaxes you if you been smoking for a while. i smoke onlu three things and thats potpurrii and other stuff and cigs…
Do you smoke cigs.?
I have been told by several users of “spice” that it is very addictive. I know it is an alternative to pot but why pay taxes to be addicted when i can get i can go under the radar and save some money?
once someone gets addicitive to smoking its kinda hard to stop. and yes this dose kill people and i wish some of my family members wounldnt smoke it just as well as me, but it is addicitive and i have no say so of wht or who smokes wht..
I agree, not only that…my reason for starting was I couldn’t smoke weed so I took another outlet. Now I’m in an endless of addiction of this unhealthy synthetic high…
when i smoke sometimes k2 i feel like ima die or never go back to normal
dnt smoke K2.. thats the nasty stuff.. yes people say all of it is K2 but it aint.. its only K2 if it says its K2.. there is some stuff out there that will make you trip balls, trust me i would kn.. its happened to me and family members and friends.. its bed but everyone has to try new things in there life time. but K2 is the worse stuff to smoke. switch to smoking else.
Look I have smoked it only for maybe a week. I heard of what it can do to you, Yes it will be fatal. I have been off it for about 4 weeks and I feel sick when I eat and have sleep issues now from it. If I can give any advice to anyone who is smoking it just stop before you do anymore damage I’m hoping after my system clears of it i will be back to normal.
yes it dose do harmful to you, but like as katlin said it is addicitive. i dnt like it but i do smoke it to get in my normal mood. me without this stuff i dnt fell right. but when im on it i fell normal again like im back in own body. and i wished i could stop but cant.. who kns i might die on it but thats my choice..
Took a single hit of the shit, became completely disasssociated like I just smoked ten pounds of salvia divinorum. I was in the car and I knew I had to get home, I knew my wife would be pissed if I told her I just took a hit of some herbs and wouldn’t be able to come home for an hour, and my son was in the passenger seat. So I started freaking out and he told me not to drive but I did anyway thinking I could totally do it, the opposite of what you would say if you were high on weed. I got into a major car accident within 60 seconds of pulling out onto the road, I’m surprised we are alive. I freaked out and instead of hitting the brakes, I hit the gas, plowed someone and then ran into a light pole. Completely freaked out and went into a catatonic state. The preceding just happened YESTERDAY NIGHT 12/17/2011. The worst part is I remember every single waking moment of this nightmare, I was completely cognizant of every single thing that was happening, another thing that is different from being “high” on anything else out there. This shit sucks, don’t fucking do it, especially if you have a family. I guess if you’re a hobo loner or something and don’t own a car, fine, but you still might run into traffic and someone might slam into you going 50 mph when you stumble out, thinking you’re superman. Don’t, fucking, do this stuff. Please.
your an asshole for not listen to your kid, stop smoking while you drive and in front of your kids, keep your stupidity to your self, and stop blaming “things” for your lousy decisions. ASS CLOWN.
Other than the room rate, pay-per-view porn is by far the bsgegit money maker in a hotel.As Rusty mentioned, it’s an economic decision.
okay look there is some stuff out there thaT will make you trip.. you got ahold of the wrong shit.. ive smoked every kind of this shit ouit there i can tell you wht everyone of them can do to you.. and yes you got ahold of one that makes you trip and see shit,, me brother is 19 and has been driving for 3 years and he has been smoking this for 2 years and he has once gotten into a wreck, you just have to control your self and kn how to react and exspect whts gonna happen when you some it.. that was your problem. you was prolly aware of it but didnt kn what it was really ment for.
your a dumb ass for driving and doing this shit for the first time…i already reamed your stupid ass on the other site..quit trying to get people to not make decisions for themselves based on your own stupid choices
here you go fool http://kosmo.hubpages.com/hub/Is-It-the-New-Legal-Marijuana-or-just-Pot-pourri
thanks for saying what i was thinking, btw smoking camel 10XX is the way to go XD
thank youi…
Wtf that guys fucking stupid. You shouldn’t operate anything
i drive and i smoke it dnt affect me in any ways..
its just fine to smoke if ou know how to control the amounts at each session and when trying for the first time go lightly. Ppl die cause its just their time to go witchever god had some plan and only because K2 was involved u cant totaly blame it. !
It’s about choices and you are choosing to die… keep it up and someone will be burying you sooner than you think.
i call bullshit on that one.
Amen..my 13 yr.old got ahold of mr happy & ended up in the hospital
.They don’t know how it has our if it has damaged her brain. Im signing & doing what needs to be done to outlaw this in everyway!
Ok so I smoke this shyt heavy and let me tell you something ppl, there’s nothing wrong w it. Sure some times yu get a little to high, but bud does that sometimes too, I smoke. 10-15 blunts (not skimpy either) a day. I’m A ok.
I have a friend who smoked that much week 28 years old and had a massive stroke due to all the cronic, he is disabled now and his life is over.
it affects different people different ways.. now you cant blam every little thing on this fake weed..
You guys are all idiots I smoke it all day you idiots just don’t know how to drive
hahahaha. like
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exactly.. thank you.. people just like to blame this shit on stupid things.. just cause they got to high off of it or cause they dnt like it..
its all bull shit
This is no laughing matter, these kids have no clue what smoking this stuff can do. We just lost an 18 year old family member….. he had a cardiac arrest and died from smoking this stuff. His family is devistated. What a way for them to remember him and then add the fact that it’s Christmas. Wake up people….
That shit aint right one bit…i smoked it one time and had a massive panic attack..i do it every once in a while and just watch how much i consume…but weed is so much better..im only smokin it now so i can get a job and pass a drug screen…and as soon as im workin im goin back to the real thing…synthetic sucks.
yeah people are stupid on this stuff and i do agree WEED is the best.. but people do have to watch how much they smoke and how they smoke it.. they think they can go all out on it and do wht ever wll i got news for you starlite,, watch how you do it..
This is all fucken bullshit you guys can suck my balls for the lies noone hit shit driven noone died stop spreading lies to stop this you want to make everything illegal you greedy cocksuckers
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Have yhu smoked the platinum kryptonite ndd iff nott try itt
I smoked for like a year at first it wuz ok but some times u get rushes while watching movies or playing games feel crazy .g6 kush Is da shit
All I know is that I heard my son screaming I am going to die and ran down stairs to see my 20 yr old freaking out and holding his chest. That was 3 weeks ago he swore to me he wouldn’t do it anymore now tonight i find all these empty packs around and new ones too. It is addictive and from what I see alot more dangerous than pot.
i just got smoking camel 10xx..Im used to smoking real bud everyday all the time and theres almost a sort of level that u get to and stay at. So of course when i got the camel we smoked a joint of it and then had a couple bowels out of the bong…I mean water pipe lol…Anyways i started to feel like i was in a dream state and could not stay focused on anything what so ever….Im not sure if i liked it or not but end result i ended up sitting there with my head in my lap and then sprswled out on the couch i was sitting on with people still around and passed out for like 4 hours…It was insane…Really does iv done my share of all sorts of things but nothing has done anythinglike this to me.
i smoked bud al day everyday too untill i switched to this about two months ago. yes it sucks but it works if you wanna get a job so yeah..
I have been smoking synthetic cannabinoids (the actual compounds, not the herbal blends) for over 2 years now and do not have any problems. I only wish I could go back to regular God given Cannabis but unfortunately we don’t live in a world of tolerance and reason. Greed and Pride control the world. Until this I use this only as a means of legal medication, as I suffer from severe depression and there are no medical Cannabis laws in my state. I get alot of the same relief using the synthetic substitute, but I also know that unlike Cannabis, you can overdose from it so you must take dosage precautions.
I’m tired of hearing these “I heard from soandso person or soandso news report that these herbal blends are potentially dangerous maybe! We should make quick, uneducated and ill-informed decisions to ban it immediately without question!” It’s sickening. I can’t wait until these arrogant, greedy, self-righteous lawmakers die off so maybe we can finally make room for reason.
with you on what you said,,,I to suffer from depression and the pills the have tried to give me make me do crazy stuff.. and if you smoke the real thing,, you can’t get a job, etc… I was raised in a time when it was not thought about to much now, they have taken away that freedom too, in right amounts it works well,, so I agree with everything you said about people…
you are weak people I had depression fir years and your balls is the only way to get out of it, work, exercice and eat well , try to enjoy life not to be estupid tryin to be out the problems wirh this shit. my husband smoke all this stuff and He was in a rehabilitation place so stupid he couldnt sleep, he was totally high doctors brought him back and now he is doing it again I will live him , this is not what I want for me and my kids if you guys are so stupid is all up to you but soon or late you will have problems and when you find out you’ll be alone with this shitt .think
you know you all can think what you want and beleave you invincable but i HAD a brother that smoked weed for years day in and day out and he decided to try this shit about two months ago and on christmas eve he smoked it and his 9 year old daughter insted of finding her christmas present firs thing she found my brothe her father ded so i dont give a dam leagle or not your a dum ass for smoking it just think who might finde you ded is it worth the risk only if your heartless
I just smoked some of this shit call G6 potpourii last night. I am so glad I am here today to tell you how scary crazy it was. Three hits off a bowl, and I immediatley went into convulsions, and had a major seizure. Actually about 5-10 mins after smoing it, but immidiatley got very dizzy, and lost my track of mind. Did not know where I was, sweating so much I was soaked, pissed my pants uncontrollably, and seriously thought I was going to die. My heart was racing so fast, and could barely breath. I will never smike that shit again and do not advise anyone else to. I do smoke regular weed which has no chemicals in it. This potpourii shit is loaded with chemicals, and I guess it did not mix well with my brain. I learned a very valueable lesson. Take it as you want, but some of the messages I have read on here are very idiotic.
Y’all r all dumb!
regardless of harm to myself or not spice is legal
Back when spice first was illegal was when I really started to smoke it a lot because of how much cheaper and how much more strong it seems like we were buying 5 grams at least every other day and I remember the days that I didn’t get to smoke it I felt so sick and when I was coming down off of it my stomach would hurt and I would feel like dying Luckily I stopped smoking it and I’m fine now. Reseantly I smoked potpourri and it is much stronger and the effects were much worse! Don’t smoke it!
i have been smoking this stuff called “dead man walkin” for like a month now along with other potpourris and i still haven’t felt any negative effects, i guess it really depends on the person.
I’ve been around the drug world. This stuff is definatly different. Some of it can sometimes feel like an acid trip. The shit that is legal now does not contain the same chemicals. Though I don’t think it safe. It might just be the person like every other drug. I had what seemed like a short stroke after smoking some of the stuff out 2011. I Actually enjoy the high from the new potpourri called diesel. Its cheap and convienent
Well the first time me an my boyfriend smoked it,we thought we was dying!!;(( it was a bad expierance!!!! we smoked a whole joint an we freaked out!! then we hit it once an its relaxing…..an great sex;)) so im not sure just be carefull…..
yes sex it amasing on it
This stuff isn’t meant for people who have a low marijuana tolerence, or just plane haven’t spent enough time in an altered state.. personally, I pack up a little one hitter myself, which leads to around 2 draws off of it, which is more than enough for a couple hours.
Though I will credit it with assisting me in quitting pot and being able to pass a drug test, it also becomes just the same problem pot was with me and feel similar what you would call “withdraw” syptoms like weed,,(you know, lack of apetite, insomnia, blah). Which also gives it more room for slander because now people think they are addicted. I promise, if I could smoke, or find weed for that matter I would drop this stuff like a literal “bad habit”. So meaning im addicted to being in the similar altered state that weed offers.
But a heads up to you people. When trying a new substance and not knowing the effects of such substance, make sure: 1. You are in the comfort of your own home, not in a vehicle with your child… And 2. When trying a new substance, don’t do large amounts. Just because its an alterative to marijuana doesn’t mean it is marijuana. In other words, when trying the first time, don’t smoke two joints and take 4 bong rips and wonder why you think your dying.
That is all.
Crazy i did the same thing. I stoped smoking weed because this stuff “Mr. Happy” is way cheeper. 15$’s for 4 grams. It freaked me out the first time i tryed it. I had to get out of the van and walk around for an hour to feel better. After that the rule has been 2 hits at a time no more then 2 hrs apart. But lately I’ve been feeling sick from it. My brain hurts and i find it hard to foucas. And my spelling is getting real messed up. Am scared so i started smoking the god giving green stuff. So that way if i do have withdraw it wont be so bad. My chest still hurts from 2 days ago and today i felt dizzy all day. This shit is no joke… Stop now b4 its too late–I know am killing myself with this possion.
Well all I have to say when it comes to this debate is that it is unfortunate we have to be doing this rather than making pot legal for medical/recreational reasons and used to tax as a cash crop. But until then I like to entertain myself to relax and since pot became harder to find me and my partner decided to try JWH Incense…..I personally have had nothing but great experience from it…..unfortunately my boyfriend on TWO DIFFERENT OCCASSIONS suffered fom convulsions, unconsciousness, seizures, drooling and mild vomiting……I freaked out and thought he was dying. We believe it was the chemicals they put in JWH probably interfere with his antidepressants he currently takes. Sadly to say we don’t smoke the stuff anymore……I miss it sometimes! Overall, be very careful when experimenting with it because what happened to Michael was very scary and could of been dangerous for him or others around him.
two different occasions, hunh? once was not enough?
you two are officially the darwin award winners of the week.
They so far have about 9 banned items that are not in the current stuff. I like to smoke weed, but its illigal here and often impossible to get and if u can you better buy alot because it may be a while before u can find it again. Some of my friends had this stuff and I smoked it with 2-3 sets of friends who had it. I later came across it about an hour drive then locally. I tried many kinds and its expensive, but it depends on how u buy it and how u smoke it. I prefer to be high all day so it cost a little more and I don’t put it in a joint or blunt which waste it, a pipe is better. So far normal side effects after a month, when you have none to smoke.
Just wanted to let everyone know, if you’re trying to win a debate but you’re spelling everything wrong people aren’t going to listen. You look just as ignorant as your comment does. Anywaysss- my girlfriend and I smoke spice probably every second after we wake up. When we start to come down we hit it again. Down to earth is the name of what we smoke. Its EXTREMELY strong. I used to not be able to move after I hit it and now I can almost function normally. After looking into it I do feel that we need to stop. It seems as if our bodies are completely dependant on it. My girlfriend can not eat or sleep unless she is smoking it. Any time I smoke it while drunk I throw up repeatedly and both of us have been on the verge of thinking we were dying. (No, not from freaking out from the high. My body would literally twitch uncontrolably until I felt like it was about to shut down). My advice would be to just be careful. I’m not going to say it will kill you but those of you saying it won’t are idiots. Everyones chemical make up is different and can react in good or bad ways with the drug. Not to mention that bad says not for human consumption. So the argument that “its legal” can go out the window.
As i was reading your post i thought did my girl post this, with a different name? because you just told my story i was the exact same way by waking up and smoking, i was grabbin my “shit” before i even crawled out of bed or had my morning pee. I stopped and it was the best thing i could have done, yah the side effects may suck but if you can get past that first week or two without smoking you and your boyfriend will be much better off and healthier, best of luck to the both of you
i live in an area where weed is abundant, it practicly falls in your lap (i live in N. Idaho) and because of my idiocity i got into trouble and was put on felony probation so now i cant smoke again until im off probation in 2 yrs, but like most of us i smoked this “spice” crap, trust me its not worth it i smoked it for 6 mo. and just recently quit and now im having the side effects: insomnia, restlessness, irritable and i cant eat anything and for those of you that say its not addictive maybe its not (for you) but as for me it was worse for me than doing meth, not my actions just the need and want for it. My girlfriend also got the convulsions and puked that was the day she stopped, so to any of you reading this you dont have to believe me but i know from personal experience this shit isnt worth it
Alright it is very important that everyone read this. Ive been smokin potpourri/spice/k2/legal bud/insence/mr nice guy etccc… for a little over a year now. Ive smoked it pretty much out of everyway you can, everytime i run out i boil down the bong water and cover the pot, scrap the shit ton of resin that comes out even after about 4 or 5 grams. Now remember people DO NOT COMPARE THIS TO WEED! It is a completely different drug as as it derived from a chemical known as JWH-018 whiched has been banned but due to so many ways to somehow recreate the “high”. Now for side effects, when i first started smoking it i packed full bong packs and usually cleared them holding it a similiar amount of time as a nitrous/whipit hit. Like most people experiance i would feel as if my organs were shutting down and would lay down, very paranoid as if i could be attacked at any moment in the empty condominium. This would normally scare most people but i have experimented with many drugs for research reasons. All information you are reading is from personal experiance and that of peers, But slowly i grew a tolerance to the chemical and found it to be quite addictive which i didnt relize until a few months later but i am trying so hard to stay on subject. In burlington vermont i was payin 20$ for 1 gram of Black Mamba and Mr. Nice Guy. The stuff was good and i kept buying it along with dextromorphane and nos in large amounts. I was always to find a kind that would get me higher than the last. I stopped buying weed after smoking it daily for 6 years. I moved to florida where i could buy 4 grams for 7.99 outta the chevron. I was broke soon enough and always trying to get it. I had tryed it all though, SMOKING CAMEL lol Horizon, Scooby Snax,mr. nice guy,my happy guy,mad hatter(all kinds),JAZZ(all kinds), down to earth, red magic,fantasy,armageddon,bullet,Jet FUCK, YOU NAME IT I PROBABLY HAVE SMOKED IT. Anyways the chemical in the spice is not sticky like THC is marijuana so the resin is much easier to scrape outta bowls and peices. It tends to be much wetter and more like an oil that builds up. I have noticed after smoking it religously for a while me and my friends came down with a chronic cough that is terrible. Nobody i talk to about this shit really even knows what they are talking about so along my journey ive been trying to peice it together. Everytime i ask someone about this drug they always reply with “Oh that stuffs bad for you” or “nah man i dont like that stuff” but i think it is only because off one reason, they couldnt handle it simply for being bitches. Period. This stuff will not fucking kill you unless ur a dumbass and smoke sumthing youve never tryed before with your son in the car…………..ANYWAYS one lady once said “that shit puts water in your lung!s”
. After 2 days. THIS STUFF IS EXTREMELY ADDICTIVE, I was the first one to notice when my bro went into the store and got “mamba” with our last 10 dollars rather than our cigarettes LOL. You gotta laugh at that shit but yea im sick of typing and i kno i have left so much out so email me if you have any questions.PCE TSB
Now this one made me think. Since the resin is more wateryish if you know what i mean, i figured this shit wasnt to good for your lungs so i quit to find out if my lungs would heal. Sure enough 4 days later my lungs were back 2 normally and my mental health was fine. People need to understand what they are smoking before they go posting shit ona forum making other people believe bullshit as fact. Like i said this is only me and what i notice of others. Thats what im going to explain next, 90% of people me and my partner in the study would go quite for about 2 minutes, and then leave or go home and bail on whatever plans they had. It scares people because they arent prepared and they are thinking of the shit as weed. I say smoke the shit, i love it, u just have to know how to handle being high and not be a bitch. I smoke this shit at work all day now in 3 gram blunts. I have noticed that this stuff burns alot faster then weed and since it dosent expand in your lungs as marijuana does, you can hit it, stop,hit it,stop and easily hold it in once your used to smoking it. I have seen so many die hard weed smokers turn to smoking this stuff because for some HUGE PROS/PLUS TO SMOKING IT. Like not going to jail after being piss tested, it is very cheap if you know where to get it and what kind to buy, it is not illegal to carry or possess. I HAVE LITTERALLY LOOKED A COP IN THE EYES WHILE HITTING SMOKIN CAMEL OUTTA A BOWL. Yessss haaa. BUT DONT TRY THAT EVERYWHERE, because i have heard alot of states are making it illegal. I was in florida and the cops have better shit to do. More pros, u usally cant get robber when buying it, tho a few times i thought my bottle was opened and one time someone acually took a razor blaze to the bottom a 4G pack, but not to much was missing. I have quit smoking the shit now because ive moved back to vermont, and my lungs have cleared up,
I DID NOT READ ANY MORE THAN A COUPLE OF OTHER POSTS BEFORE WRITING THIS. But yes I wake up every few hours smoke a few bongs and a cig, then go backto sleep. it is very relaxing in the early quiet morning.
i would be careful on your wake and bake.. wake and bake is my favorite, thats the only time i can get as high as i wana be
i live in florida im just like u but my friend actually got 2 weeks in jdc and he has to do a drug rehab class for smokin it. i just wanted 2 point thaat out haha
I have been smoking for 4 years alot of the stuff people say is strong i think is weak i can’t smoke k-2 i think it is super weak i get a faint high from it and and up pissed that i bought it now jazz right now is my fav you get three grams for 10 bucks at just about any gas station in Florida as far as not eating and sleeping i do just fine i think it depends on the person
u wanna trip fuckin nuts? get stuk by mr. nice guy. i smoke about 2 tubes (4grams) of smokin camel 10x out of a 6 perk bong everyday, and i swear to god i took 2 hits out of a mini zong my fiend had; and i was on another fuckin planet. get stuk
Mr Nice guy dosent make you trip bals people. Deoblow is. i smoke Mr all day every day. no it dnt make you trip
I am reading some of these post I yall are the most stupid ass human beings I have ever seen…Just shoot yourself in the hea and get it over with..The shit says not for human consumption. You are idiots to think this is okay you are self medicating go get some mental help..
Can’t understand why PARENT..
use the most potent kind on the market mind eraser/bonzoi/climax/5cans a day of mind eraser before i feel fine
I’ve read several of the comments here, and I actually agree with various points on most of them. Yes, some of the products do have harmful chemicals added to give you the desired effect. However, there ARE products out there which DO NOT contain ANY added chemicals and still provide the desired effect. There is one product called “Scooby Snax”. On the back of the package its lists all of the chemicals NOT in the product. “Scooby Snax” actually contains a natural herb called Damiana. Damiana’s use can be traced back to the Maya and Mexican Indians. Its uses ranged from helping with balance, headaches, stiff muscles, all the way to helping with male impotence. Some pretty amazing stuff, and its LEGAL and it only takes a couple tokes from a spliff to reach the desired feeling of euphoria. Here is my suggestion to all of you: research what’s in the product you’re looking into trying, and think for yourselves. Just because ‘Jimbo’ says he was okie-dokie with the ‘Mad Hatter’ doesn’t mean you’ll do fine and dandy, too. Everyones body reacts to certain things differently, keep that in mind.
Happy Searching,
Just Another Guy
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