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K-2 and Other Legal Herbs Pose a Danger

K-2 and Other Legal Herbs Pose a Danger - Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 04:20AM EST

Reported by: Mike Trim
Wednesday June 09 2010


WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY- Spice, K-2. These are names parents need to become very familiar with. They're names of herbs used in incense. But this incense has much more than a sweet smell. It contains an ingredient that can give you a marijuana type high.. or worse.

It looks like crushed up marijuana and has some of it's same effects. But here in Pennsylvania, K-2 and spice are legal herbs. Some parents don't want their kids anywhere near it.

Samia Arroyo of Lake Ariel said, "Of course not i wouldn't want them to have it. absolutely not."

These herbs contain something similar to thc which is marijuana's active ingredient. We followed someone into a local herb and incense store to see how easy it is to buy K-2. We were told the store makes its own brand and for 20 dollars, our customer bought one gram.

Carmen Ambrosino is the chief executive of Wyoming Valley Alcohol and Drug Rehab. He says k-2 needs to be regulated.

Ambrosino said, "This is not something that is harmless, it's very harmful. we're concerned. I would like to see some proactive movement in Pennsylvania to ban that K-2."

Earlier this month, a Danville teenager was reportedly hospitalized after smoking something similar. He apparently smoked incense containing JWH-018, an herb banned in four states.

It's legal here in Pennsylvania and Ambrosino says parents should monitor closely.

Dan McDonald of Hanover township said, "I don't particularly like any kind of drug. I don't want her around the stuff."

There are warning's on most K-2, spice and incense packages containing JWH-018. Some specifically say not to smoke it, but to let it burn like regular incense.
 


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