Overdoses of Synthetic Drug, Spice, Surges As More People Abuse It
Overdoses or other problems from taking synthetic drugs are skyrocketing as demonstrated by the increasing number of calls to poising control centers about “spice.”
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DEA-Led Crackdown on Synthetic Drugs Netted 150 Arrests Across 29 States
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA carried out a nationwide crackdown on synthetic drugs early Wednesday, netting 150 arrests and at least $20 million in cash and assets, Time reports. This is the second phase of an operation dubbed “Project Synergy,” which began in December 2012 and went after products marketed as “spice,” “bath salts,” and…
DEA Launches ‘Largest’ Ever Worldwide Crackdown on Synthetic Drugs
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA has launched what it calls its “largest ever” crackdown on synthetic drugs, arresting more than 150 people in 49 cities and five countries, the U.S. News & World Report writes. The bust is good news for authorities who have seen the devastating impact of designer synthetic drugs, which often are…
Column: What if Spice/K2 Were Only a Black Thing
By Darrell Dawsey Deadline Detroit With fears growing over the hazards of K2 and Spice — forms of incense that young people in recent years have been smoking like weed to get high –Metro Detroit has opened up a new front in the battle against illicit drugs: The War on Potpurri. While I don’t mind…
Jurisdictions Move to Ban K-2 “Spice” Drug
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The latest danger to youth is a concoction called K-2, packets of herbs that can be smoked like marijuana to get high, USA Today reports. Reporter Donna Leinwand writes that almost a dozen states and multiple cities have passed bans or are considering passing ones of the product known as “Spice”…