K2, THE “LEGAL MARIJUANA" AND TEEN DRUG ABUSE

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Sep 1, 2010 -- There is a new drug that mimics the number one abused illegal drug, marijuana. This new drug is legal. The drug spice is also known as K2 and it can be bought online or at smoke shops. Teenagers looking to get high can purchase spice and smoke it just like marijuana. It has a strand component that is like THC. However this drug does not show up on drug tests. This drug is dangerous and it is readily accessible. For instance, in Massachusetts, the drug spice is sold, by its name brand K2. A bag costs about thirty dollars. It has side effects just as any drug, including death. David Rozga, an eighteen year old smoked the substance. His friends say he was freaking out, hallucinations and paranoia. Later that day he went home and shot himself in the head.

The drug spice is very dangerous. Besides its effects on your brain, heart, and respiratory breathing, it is 200 to 800 percent more potent than the common grade of the illegal substance, marijuana. In 2010, the Poison Control Center has reached an enormous increase in reports of K2 from 2009. In 2009 there were 13 reported jumping to 750 reports already in 2010. It was originally created in part to steady the effects of marijuana. Now it is sold in head shops as harmless incense. Do not be fooled! The sellers know exactly what they are selling and what happens.

Parents in many states across the nation are trying to get state legislators to ban the drug spice, K2. David was not the first teen to die from this drug and unless action is taken, unfortunately, he will not be the last. It is a good opportunity for the states to ban the drug now, while it is new, before it gets popular and causes more substance abuse problems for our young teens.

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Source: The Boston Channel Online

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