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What Is Spice?

K2, a popular brand of "Spice" mixture.

Also known as: “K2,” “fake weed,” “Bliss,” “Black Mamba,” “Bombay Blue,” “Genie,” “Zohai,” “Yucatan Fire,” “Skunk,” and “Moon Rocks”

Spice is a mix of herbs (shredded plant material) and manmade chemicals with mind-altering effects. It is often called “synthetic marijuana” or "fake weed" because some of the chemicals in it are similar to ones in marijuana; but its effects are sometimes very different from marijuana, and frequently much stronger.

Because the chemicals used in Spice have a high potential for abuse and no medical benefit, the Drug Enforcement Administration has made many of the active chemicals most frequently found in Spice illegal. However, the people who make these products try to avoid these laws by using different chemicals in their mixtures.

Spice is most often labeled "Not for Human Consumption" and disguised as incense. Sellers of the drug try to lead people to believe they are “natural” and therefore harmless, but they are neither. In fact, their actual effects can be unpredictable and, in some cases, severe or cause death.

How Is Spice Used?

Most people smoke Spice by rolling it in papers (like with marijuana or handmade tobacco cigarettes); sometimes, it is mixed with marijuana. Some users also make it as an herbal tea for drinking. Others buy Spice products as liquids to vaporize them in e-cigarettes. 

How Does Spice Affect the Brain?

Some Spice users report feeling relaxed and having mild changes in perception. Users also report extreme anxiety, feeling like someone is out to get them (paranoia), and seeing or hearing things that aren’t there (hallucinations).

Spice is a new drug and research is only just beginning to measure how it affects the brain. What is known is that the chemicals found in Spice attach to the same nerve cell receptors as THC, the main mind-altering ingredient in marijuana. Some of the chemicals in Spice, however, attach to those receptors more strongly than THC, which could lead to a much stronger and more unpredictable effect. Additionally, there are many chemicals that remain unidentified in products sold as Spice and it is therefore not clear how they may affect the user. Moreover, these chemicals are often being changed as the makers of Spice alter them to avoid the products being illegal.

Learn more about how the brain works and what happens when a person uses drugs.

What Are the Other Effects of Spice?

In 2011, Spice was mentioned by patients in the emergency room 28,531 times. This is a drastic increase over the 11,406 mentions in 2010.1 People who have had bad reactions to Spice report symptoms like:

  • fast heart rate
  • throwing up
  • feeling anxious or nervous
  • feeling confused
  • violent behavior
  • suicidal thoughts

Spice can also raise blood pressure and cause less blood to flow to the heart. In a few cases, it has been linked with heart attacks and death. People who use Spice a lot may have withdrawal and addiction symptoms.

We still do not know all the ways Spice may affect a person’s health or how toxic it may be, but it is possible that there may be harmful heavy metal residues in Spice mixtures.

1Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality. Drug Abuse Warning Network, 2011: National Estimates of Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits. Rockville, MD, May 2013. Available at:http://media.samhsa.gov/data/2k13/DAWN2k11ED/DAWN2k11ED.htm.

Can You Get Addicted to Spice?

Yes, Spice can be addictive. People who use Spice a lot may have withdrawal symptoms if they try to quit. This means they can’t stop using it even when they really want to and even after it causes terrible consequences to their health and other parts of their lives. Withdrawal symptoms can include:

  • headaches
  • anxiety
  • depression
  • irritability


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Can You Die If You Use Spice?

Yes. Spice use has been linked to a rising number of emergency department visits and to some deaths.

How Many Teens Use Spice?

Spice is the second-most popular illegal drug used by high school seniors (marijuana is the first). Easy access and the misperception that Spice is “natural” and safe have likely contributed to these high rates of use.

 

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Monitoring the Future Study: Trends in Prevalence of K2/Spice (Synthetic Marijuana) for 8th Graders, 10th Graders, and 12th Graders; 2015 (in percent)*
DrugTime Period8th Graders10th Graders12th Graders
K2/Spice (Synthetic Marijuana)Past Year3.104.305.20

 

* Data in brackets indicate statistically significant change from the previous year.

Source: University of Michigan, Monitoring the Future Study

For more statistics on teen drug use, see NIDA’s Monitoring the Future study.

What Should I Do If Someone I Know Needs Help?

If you or a friend are in crisis and need to speak with someone now, please call:

  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (they don't just talk about suicide—they cover a lot of issues and will help put you in touch with someone close by).

If you need information on treatment and where you can find it, you can call:

For more information on how to help a friend or loved one, visit ourHave a Drug Problem, Need Help? page.

For More Information on Spice

Drug Facts

NIDA:

Statistics and Trends

NIDA:   

Monitoring the Future (University of Michigan):

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration:



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Okaaaay...?

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Problem is Spice is legal. However, it is not condoned for military peeps, They test them randomly for it. Towns around me have banned it's sale. It is very dangerous, or can be.

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Right?

I had no idea.



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There is no end for people to intoxicate themselves. From spice to huffing to usind canned air or rediwhip.

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True.

This stuff is being blamed for violent psychotic episodes.

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lilyofcourse wrote:

True.

This stuff is being blamed for violent psychotic episodes.

 Yes.  All you have to do is take it one time and it alters your brain.  This stuff has been around for quite awhile.  Do you not remember the guy on Spice that ate the face off a homeless person?  I think it was in CA.  There have been many violent deaths due to this drug.  And once it's used you never "come clean".  You have psych issues forever.



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Remember when some guys used to drink Sterno?? Never underestimate the ways a person will try to get high or experience some kind of revelation....

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lilyofcourse wrote:

True.

This stuff is being blamed for violent psychotic episodes.

 Yes.  All you have to do is take it one time and it alters your brain.  This stuff has been around for quite awhile.  Do you not remember the guy on Spice that ate the face off a homeless person?  I think it was in CA.  There have been many violent deaths due to this drug.  And once it's used you never "come clean".  You have psych issues forever.

Wasn't that "Bath salts"? 



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Was it?



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I'm pretty sure.

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It was bath salts. I was thinking that's what Spice was.

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Either way, I don't want to see a kid messed up on it.

Weed is the one thing that I believe should be 100% organic.

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The weed of today is not the same weed as the weed of yesteryear. It's often infused with chemicals or other agents to make it more potent and high stronger.

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

The weed of today is not the same weed as the weed of yesteryear. It's often infused with chemicals or other agents to make it more potent and high stronger.

 The "NEW & IMPROVED" product!

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The weed of today is not the same weed as the weed of yesteryear. It's often infused with chemicals or other agents to make it more potent and high stronger.

 You can still get good old home grown. 

It doesn't come out of the ground "infused". 

That's like saying tomatoes come pre-seasoned from the vine.

Yes, some varieties are stronger than others. 

Just like some tomatoes have more acid than others.

And, it is actually a weed. 

It isn't hard to grow.



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I had never heard of spice. And reddiwhip? WTF? How do you get high off whipped topping?

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FNW wrote:

I had never heard of spice. And reddiwhip? WTF? How do you get high off whipped topping?

 Well...if we told you, we'd have to kill you...

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FNW wrote:

I had never heard of spice. And reddiwhip? WTF? How do you get high off whipped topping?

 When you hold the can upright, tip pointing up, the only thing that comes out is the gas. You huff that.

We had a problem at work for a while.

Whole case of reddiwhip had all the gas sucked out.

But the "high" only lasts a little while. Maybe 5-10 minutes.

It kills brain cells.



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How do people come up with this stuff?

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In Kauai, I had to show ID to buy nail polish remover, so I'm guessing it's used to manufacture...whatever...

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FNW wrote:

How do people come up with this stuff?

 I don't know.



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lilyofcourse wrote:
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How do people come up with this stuff?

 I don't know.

 People are creative.  Where their is a will to get high, their is a way.



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flan327 wrote:
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The weed of today is not the same weed as the weed of yesteryear. It's often infused with chemicals or other agents to make it more potent and high stronger.

 The "NEW & IMPROVED" product!

flan

 Yep.  Not all weed has stuff added to it.  I am very aware of just how easy it is to grow.  About two years ago the police busted a whole fraternity who had a massive operation in their basement on the college campus.  But a lot of weed these days has chemicals in it to make it more potent.



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lilyofcourse wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

The weed of today is not the same weed as the weed of yesteryear. It's often infused with chemicals or other agents to make it more potent and high stronger.

 You can still get good old home grown. 

It doesn't come out of the ground "infused". 

That's like saying tomatoes come pre-seasoned from the vine.

Yes, some varieties are stronger than others. 

Just like some tomatoes have more acid than others.

And, it is actually a weed. 

It isn't hard to grow.

 I'll trust everything you say.  I'm sure your drug knowledge is much more extensive than mine.



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flan327 wrote:
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I had never heard of spice. And reddiwhip? WTF? How do you get high off whipped topping?

 Well...if we told you, we'd have to kill you...

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 No we won't.  Because her brain cells will be dead anyway!



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I had never heard of spice. And reddiwhip? WTF? How do you get high off whipped topping?

 Well...if we told you, we'd have to kill you...

biggrin

flan

 No we won't.  Because her brain cells will be dead anyway!

 Good point!

Sorry, FNW...

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lilyofcourse wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

The weed of today is not the same weed as the weed of yesteryear. It's often infused with chemicals or other agents to make it more potent and high stronger.

 You can still get good old home grown. 

It doesn't come out of the ground "infused". 

That's like saying tomatoes come pre-seasoned from the vine.

Yes, some varieties are stronger than others. 

Just like some tomatoes have more acid than others.

And, it is actually a weed. 

It isn't hard to grow.

 I'll trust everything you say.  I'm sure your drug knowledge is much more extensive than mine.

 Awww.... look how cute!



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