By: Ariel Estep

Fake weedMr. nice guySpice Pep spice Spice silverSpice goldSpice diamondSmokeSkunkGenieTexas goldFake pot Legal weedSynthetic marijuanaHerbal incense

Common Names For K2

Common abusers

Age of common abusers:14-27

Used by:

Prisoners and people on

probation

Kids in high school/middle

schoolPeople in the military (k2 is now

banned by all military branches

Elevated blood pressure (reported up to 100-200, that’s medically dangerous)Fast heart beat (reported up to rate of 150, this is also medically dangerous)DelusionsHigh doses of hallucinationsParanoia

Long Term Effects

Increased AgitationSleepinessRelaxationPale Skin Vomiting, this suggesting that k2 affects the cardiovascular system of users and/or affects the central nervous system, causing severe life threatening hallucinations and in some cases seizures

Short Term Effects

Possible effects

Seizures ComaUnconsciousnessNumbnessTinglingLevels of anxietyPanic attacks Possible suicide attempts

K2 is a concoction, a substance that reportedly gives a marijuana-like highK2 was created by a k2 compound and incenseK2 compound is a drug substance The k2 compound was first created in the mid-1990s,in the lab of organic chemist John W Huffman

History Of K2

K2 compound was first sold by the people of china, as a plant stimulant K2 was first smoked as a drug, some where in Europe The k2 was picked up when some one decided to take k2 compound and mix it up with the mixture of incense, then smoke it to get very high

History of k2

k2 is about 10 times more active than THC, (THC is the active ingredient in marijuana)The k2 compound has never been tested on humansK2 compound has been tested on mice and after the experiment the mice ended up dying

History of k2

2004 the k2 product began appearing

for sale all over the internet and in

stores in Europe

In 2008 sales through out Europe

soared high for k2

2009 is when the sales starting taking

off for Canada and USA

History of k2

History of k2

In 2009 there were 53 calls made to the poison control center, for attempted suicide because of k2

In 2010 there were 2500 calls made to the poison control center, for attempt suicide because of k2

2010 in Canada, there had been 12 cases of suicide

2011 k2 products were spiked with powerful designer drugs (cocaine, heron, meth, crack, and other drugs like that)

2011 there has been nearly 30 cases of teenagers in the US, experiencing effects after smoking k2 2012 there are over 352 nationwide emergency room incidents which includes suicide, extremely elevated heart rate and blood pressure, comas, seizures, and anxiety attacks

History of k2

In 2010 a 14 year old boy in Florida was admitted to the emergency room after experiencing seizures and difficulties breathing, it was said that he and his older brother had been smoking herbal incense another name for k2Same thing happened to a 17 year old boy who lived in Texas, he smoked k2 before school and was rush to the emergency room because he was experiencing seizures

Stories of k2

Stories of k2

Dr. Volker runs a toxicology lab in Germany, at the university hospital, he wanted to know more about k2, so he did something a little unusual, he and one of his colleagues tested the k2 products on themselves, they took a packet of a product called spice diamond, then they rolled 300 milligrams, that was a tenth of the packet, they shared it, so they would each get a small dose, and all it took was 5 minutes and the effects started kicking in, they had massive reddening to the eyes and very dry mouths, their heart rate doubled from 60 to 120 beats per min it took 6 hrs for the k2 to get out of their system

A 16 year old girl was at a party, and one of her friends gave her something to smoke, and she smoked it because she thought it was pot, but come to find out, it was k2 the girl was having the effect from the k2, a week later

Stories of k2

Stories of k2 Police have reported an 18 year old

boy smoking k2, then he started having a severe anxiety attack, then he start say that he was “going to hell” then soon after that he went home, then he shot and killed himself

Test have been done on k2 products and the test have found no illegal substances and they were not able to detect the active ingredients that could explain the high, plus they could not detect most of the herbs in k2

Facts about k2

Facts about k2

Kansas was the first state to pass the law of banning the sale of the k2 products

Also European nations have banned all k2 products

Plus laws have been proposed to banning the sales of k2 in Missouri, Tennessee and several other states as well

Dozens of websites still continue to offer k2 products for saleK2 has a chemical structure that is shared with cancer causing agentsWhen people smoke k2, its like the drug hijacks into the important parts of your brain like the temperature control, food intake, perception, memory and problem solving

Facts about k2

Facts about k2

K2 is sold in tobacco shops, head shops and other stores

K2 is sold as incense and it is marked “not for human consumption” but yet people still use it in that way

The price of k2 averages is around $45 for 3 grams(that equals about 3 packs of sugar) that is said to be higher that good grade marijuana

K2 is most often smoked but it can be mixed in with food or with drinksK2 can be sold in a variety of colors and flavors and it usually is sold in foil packaging Said to give you a small hangoverIt is said that to smoke k2, was like playing Russian roulette, you don’t ever know what going to happen to you

Facts about k2

K3??? Another name for k3 is funky monkey

weed K3 is like k2, but the only difference

between them, is that k3 gets you higher and k3 is more dangerous

K3 is practically sold in the same places as k2, k3 is new and in proved

K3 is also sold in the same packaging, it is also said that the cashiers wont let you observe the product unless you plan to buy it

K3 is cheaper than k2, for the same amount(k3 is $25)K3 is said to look a lot more like real weedThe k3, active ingredients is a mystery, no one seems to know the active ingredients contained in k3It is said that if you over dose yourself on k3 than you get high doses of hallucinations, or even death

K3???

K3???

K3 can give you a hangover, just like

k2, but k3 was said to make it feel

like you drank 12 bottle of cheap

beerK3 is said to leave a rotten taste in

your mouth, long after the last puff

K3 also is said to blur your eye vision

a little bit, and you also get

warm/cold sensations down your

arms legs

K4 is basically the same as k3 and k2K4 also known as “k4 train wreak” and k4 weedK4 is a legal but lethal new drug problemk4 helps to make up part of morphineK4 is about $20

K4???

Allergic reaction

This is what could happen if you had a allergic reaction

Skin looking like its been burned

http://www.k2drugfacts.com/video.html

Videos about k2

K2 is bad for everyone

Resources www.livescience.com/6149-fake-weed-re

al-druhttp://g-k2-causing-hallucinations-teens.html

http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/may-2012/synthetic-marijuana

http://www.presspubs.com/isanti/news/article_73c62888-0347-11e2-ac40-0019bb2963f4.html

http://www.substanceabusepolicy.com/content/6/1/16

http://www.webtopicture.com/k4/k4-drug.html

http://www.pitch.com/plog/archives/2010/04/12/will-k3-fake-weed-get-you-high-the-pitch-smokes-up-er-product-tests-for-you