Guest Editorial: Synthetic Marijuana a Symptom of Wider Problem
The fake pot is endangering lives, all because what users really want to smoke is illegal.
Editor's note: Diane Kearns-Carlstrom is an advocate for the legalisation of medical cannabis and a polio survivor. She writes about alternative health, politics and spirituality and is a member of the clergy. Today, teenagers and adults in our community are smoking a substance they consider to be synthetic marijuana. Typically called Spice, this stuff is a blend of herbs and chemicals that was created to mimic a marijuana high but will not show up during a urine analysis. Last July, Spice, was made illegal in Florida, or maybe I should say the chemical compounds sprayed on it were made illegal. Florida Gov. Rick Scott also signed into law on March 23, 2012, a measure expanding the ban to make additional compounds illegal and already there…
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Diane Carlstrom
8:45 am on Thursday, July 19, 2012
There are strains of cannabis that are very low in THC and can be used medicinally. The fact remains that cannabis is safer than alcohol and prescription drugs- far safer. Now we have to deal with the vast varieties of spice and their effects and the 'zombies' that may well be the result of spice or bath salts (think ecstasy mixed with meth). The knee jerk reaction is to ban this, ban that but … more ›