When K2 or ‘spice’ began popping up around the United States, emergency rooms and the DEA noticed a sharp spike in injuries, illnesses, and deaths related to ingesting synthetic drugs like K2. It was clear in no time that these unregulated and dangerous substances were going to become a very big problem. K2 is typically plant material that has been coated with five chemicals which claim to recreate the effects of THC in Marijuana. The DEA placed a year-long ban on the five chemicals used while they lobbied the government to criminalize the substances. The year-long ban is almost up, but it has been granted an extension for at least another 6 months. Federal law states that the ban on such substances (which have been temporarily categorized as Schedule I drugs-the highest and most dangerous drug class) can only have a duration of 18 months unless further action is taken by the government. The house presented a bill to outlaw synthetic drugs like K2 and Bath Salts (the equivalent of fake cocaine) but the Senate did not follow suit.
In 2011, Poison control centers received 13,000 calls related to reactions from K2; of those calls, a solid 60% were under the age of 25. K2 is dangerous because the chemical cocktail used to coat the plant materials has been shown to cause convulsions, hallucinations, vomiting, rapid heart rate, seizures, and even death in a few cases. The real danger here is that with the substance being so readily available to the youth of the nation, children are typically the victims of this very dangerous trend of designer drugs.
Source : http://www.labbocaraton.com/drug-testing/k2_drugtest.html
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