What is K2 Spice?
- Synthetic marijuana is coated with synthetic cannabinoids – a family of over 700 research chemicals.
- Synthetic marijuana / K2 / Spice is completely different than natural marijuana.
- Analysis showed that rather than being a simple mixture of harmless herbs, such as canavalia maritima, leonotis leonurus, zornia latifolia and others, the product had in fact been sprayed with synthetic cannabinoids.
- These are not the “All Natural” ingredients listed on their packaging and on the sellers’ web sites. These chemicals are similar to natural cannabinoid found in marijuana, THC – tetrahydracannabinol, but affect our brain receptors differently.
Street Names:
- K2
- Spice
- Spice
- Genie
- Synthetic Marijuana
- Fake Weed/Legal Weed
- Herb/Pot
- Myrrh
- Marinol
- Mary Mack
- 2k11
- Synthetic Marijuana
- Fake Weed/Legal Weed
- Herb/Pot
- Myrrh
- Marinol
- Mary Mack
- 2k11
Detection Periods:
Urine = 2 Days - 11 Weeks
Blood = 2 Days
Saliva = 1-10 Days
Hair = Up to 90 Days
How Synthetic Marijuana is made:
- Synthetic cannabinoids are produced as an oil or a crystalline powder that can easily be sprayed on plant material or any other low cost garbage the manufacturers can get away with to create a product that can be smoked and provide some kind of high.
- Most spice manufacturers don’t follow high manufacturing standards. Many of the chemicals are produced in cheap basement labs in China or Russia.
- Because of the wide variety of chemicals involved and the sloppy manufacturing methods used to produce them, the health risks of one batch may not be the same as another batch, turning use of the drug into a game of Russian roulette.
- In liquid forms of Spice or K2, the variety of chemicals may be greater. Some suspect that a few brands of liquid Spice may contain traces of synthetic psychedelics such as 2C-P.