By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The DEA is continuing to go after “fake pot.” The agency announced earlier this week on its website that it was extending by six months a ban on five chemicals used to make fake pot, which have been sold at retail outlets and head shops. The ban, under the DEA’s emergency…
By Justin Blum Bloomberg Derek Williams was working as a trash-truck driver when his cousin told him about K2, a product made from plant materials and chemicals that provided a legal, marijuana-like high. Williams saw his ticket out of the residential rubbish business: Make a better blend. He studied compounds that mimic the effects of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The DEA on Wednesday announced it was using its “emergency scheduling authority” to temporarily outlaw five chemicals used to make “fake pot” products. The DEA said the move was in response to the increasingly popularity of the products that were harming people. The DEA said plans to oulaw the…
