What is the k2 drug?

K2 incense is a synthetic form of marijuana. Some people compare the effects of K2 to marijuana. Right now the drug is legal in the United States, but some states are trying to pass bills to ban the drug. It is sold in head shops as incense although people do, more often than not, smoke it. It is not detectable on drug tests. Recent articles have been cropping up as legislatures try to ban the chemicals in K2.

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According to the official K2 site, K2 is a natural incense composed of natural herbs such as "canavalia rosea, clematis nuciferia, heima salicfolia, and ledum palustre." Various sources report that K2 also contains the synthetic cannabanoid JWH-018, which when smoked can produce intoxicative effects similar to marijuana. As a synthetic, it does not register on current drug detection tests. The K2 site expressly states that K2 is "not intended for human consumption" and is intended only to be used as an incense. Clearly though, the hundreds of cases across the county to poison control centers and emergency rooms indicates it is not being used as such.

It IS not banned in Ohio.

2 Suicides from this hallucinogenic drug have been recorded.