Synthetic Marijuana: Everything You Need to Know About 'Spice' or K2 | New York Post
Synthetic Marijuana: Everything You Need to Know About 'Spice' or K2 | New York Post
A woman appeared to be high on Spice or K2 as she threw food, tables and furniture at a Subway restaurant in Anchorage, Alaska, according to police. This is the story behind synthetic marijuana.
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NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton warned Tuesday about the rise of what he called “weaponized marijuana” — synthetic pot known as “K2” or “Spice” on the streets — which makes users psychotic while giving them superhuman strength.
The drug, which cops say is prevalent in the homeless community, is a cheap high that also increases body temperature, leading users to strip off their clothes.
“A better term for it might be weaponized marijuana,” Bratton told reporters at a press conference at police headquarters.
“A number of individuals, when under the influence of this drug, are relatively impervious to pain and also have significant enhancement of their physical strength,” he said.
“So our officers encountering these individuals face more significant risk of having to subdue these individuals and potentially receiving injuries.”
Spice users are impervious to traditional takedown methods used by cops, such as tasers and mace, officials said.
Bratton illustrated his point by showing two videos of people high on the chemical-laced substance, including one in which a man is seen squatting in the middle of the street and screaming in front of an NYPD van.
Another video showed cops from out of state struggling to bring down a high, man who put his fist through a picket fence before they maced him. The rampaging man still managed to put up a fight as three officers wrestled him into submission.
“You’re going to see much more of it in the short term,” Bratton said of the drug. “Our concern in the potential overdose and death, the incredible number of people going to hospitals as well as those that we take into custody.”
Bratton added that while local politicians look to loosen marijuana laws, the synthetic stuff is wreaking havoc across the city.
“Ironically, even as the trend is to decriminalize and effectively pay less attention to marijuana, the synthetic marijuana issue is one of great and growing concern here in New York City,” he said.
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What? Really..k2 never did anything like that to me. Wish it was still available
Bruh
Always use legitimate, schedule 1 substances.
Black guy at the end of the video looks like he’s been smoking with uncle elroy 🤣🤣🤣
I’m on it right now! 😭😅😂👍
Just smoke, the same brand and you will be ok I have been doing this for years nothing wrong with me at all
Quit calling it synthetic marijuana.
stop calling it that it has nothing to do with marijuana except for its smoked…so is crack ..get your shit together
the only thing needs to be known is this is NOT marijuana. shouldn’t even have Mary J in the name as it’s nothing like it.
I just did that and I was staring and losing vision. I’m still kinda high. I’m not doing this anymore
He need some milk
Stop calling it marijuana it can cause and effect like it but it isn’t it so don’t do it marijuana would never do this to anybody
Severe bleeding were tainted with brodifacoum, a chemical found in rat poison.
This isn’t the effects of spice, most of these are bath salts….
This kid I knew was smoking spice and driving and he went blind for a few minutes almost crashed
don’t know why when i smoked spice i never tripped like these guys i actually loved the high it was similar to weed but 3X stronger =]
This is not k2
This should be band why would you make this? It’s not worth someone’s life
0:37 was that blood?
the high is nothing similar to thc
It’s stronger than smack
Yeah it smells rubbing alcohol
Its laced catnip, not marijuana.
I overdosed on this at 12
When the dud puked why it look like chunky blood
Gross
I remember kids who were on probation used to smoke spice because if they smoked marijuana they would get locked up California
Just another way China is killing our people
I just smoke mine in joints..I hit it off the pipe and tripped out..too much smoke inhaled
Spice does not look fun.
Ok….wow….and… Why do people want to consume something that makes them look and feel like there poisoned. It shows me the intelligence of the community. Very low. And. 😥 sad. To see are ppl getting this far still suffering addicts .. And sad part is seen that I see people recording a song thriller as they slump over barley breathing and. They should be calling an ambulance when they see this its someone’s family member. . something in there live hit a dramatic twist n they don’t no how to cope.messed up