(PCM) Experts have been warning people for quite some time about the dangers associated with the use of synthetic marijuana, otherwise known as “Spice”. In just nine days, about 160 people have been seen at New York area hospitals having incredibly serious reactions to “spice” or “K2, also in the southern states of both Alabama and Mississippi there has been a notable rise in the number of synthetic marijuana-related hospital visits.
The New York State Health Commissioner reports to CNN that “Since the exact compounds contained in synthetic cannabinoid products change so frequently, it’s often impossible for users to know exactly what they are putting in their body.” There is often a range of symptoms that accompany reactions to using “spice” such as headaches, confusion, seizures and sometimes even loss of consciousness resulting in death.
Consumers are led to believe that “spice” is a legal plant-based material that is coated with chemicals that mimic the effect of marijuana. Some of those so-called “safe” chemicals are the very same ones that are found in both insecticides and rat poison.
“Spice” is popular among teens because it is sold as natural product and often times marked as incense making it legal for them to purchase.
