K2 SPICEALEX WRIGHT

DEFINITION

• ILLEGAL• SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS• FAKE POT • A SYNTHETIC DRUG• MAN MAID • MIND ALTERING CHEMICALS

HOW ITS MADE

• CHEMICALS ARE SPRAYED• DRIED • ANY PLANT THAT IS SHREDDED • COMBINE ALL OF THESE AND YOU GET K2.

USAGE

• SMOKED• LIQUID VAPORIZATION• E-CIGARETTES• INCENTS

NAME ORIGIN

• FOOLS PEOPLE TO THINK OTHER THINGS • K2- SOUNDS LIKE A MOUNTAIN FOR SKIING/BOARDING OR HIKING • SPICE- PEOPLE THINK SEASONING FOR FOOD• MISLEADING SO PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.• HAS A LOT OF FAKE NAMES- MOJO, SCOOBY SNAX, BLACK MAMBA,

ANNIHILATION

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE

• POT • TOBACCO • COLORS- BEIGE, RED, AND BROWN

WHAT IT DOES TO YOU

• INTENSE CRAVINGS • VOMITING • EXTREME AGITATION • PSYCHOTIC EPISODES • HALLUCINATIONS • HEART ATTACKS.

MORE INFORMATION

• MORE DANGEROUS THEN REAL MARIJUANA• 11,400 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE EMERGENCY ROOM IN 2010 DUE TO THE

EFFECTS OF SPICE.• FIST TIME PEOPLE TAKE IT THEY CAN DIE• IT IS ADDICTING • SHARP RISE IN 2009-2012• SECOND MOST USED DRUG BY 2012• NEW OUTBREAK IN 2015

QUOTE

• “ALMOST NO SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS SOLD ON THE STREET TODAY HAVE BEEN TESTED ON HUMAN BEINGS; NONE OF THEM CAN BE CONSIDERED SAFE.”

• THIS QUOTE STRUCK ME THE MOST, THIS IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU WOULD BE TAKING WHEN YOU BUY IT BECAUSE EVERY ONE IS DIFFERENT. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT WILL EFFECT YOU UNTIL YOU TAKE IT, AND THEN IT COULD BE TOO LATE TO GET HELP.

AGREED

• ONE AREA I AGREED ON WAS WHEN THEY SAID IT WAS MORE DANGEROUS THEN REAL MARIJUANA. THIS IS BECAUSE EVERY SPICE IS DIFFERENT; YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT KIND OF EFFECT IT WILL HAVE ON YOU. YOU CAN USE ANY PLANT AND ANY CHEMICALS YOU WANT SO IT COULD GIVE YOU LITTLE SIDE EFFECTS OR IT COULD KILL YOU.

DISCUSSION QUESTION

• DO YOU THINK PEOPLE CARE WHAT THEY PUT INTO THESE DRUGS, THINK ABOUT THE SIDE EFFECTS, OR EVEN THINK ABOUT THE PERSON THEY SELL THEM TO? OR DO YOU THINK ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS MAKE A LITTLE MONEY?

WORK CITED

• NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE. NOVEMBER 2015. DRUG FACTS—SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS. HTTPS://WWW.DRUGABUSE.GOV/DRUGS-ABUSE/SYNTHETIC-CANNABINOIDS-K2SPICE

• SPICE ADDICTION SUPPORT, DECEMBER 28, WHAT IS SPICE / K2? THE FACTS ON SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA. HTTP://SPICEADDICTIONSUPPORT.ORG/WHAT-IS-SPICE/