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“K2/Spice”
Alert
Issued by Iowa Drug Policy Coordinator
Posted 17 June
2010
The State’s Drug
Policy Coordinator issued an alert today for Iowans to use caution when
dealing with a relatively new substance sometimes referred to as fake
or synthetic marijuana, and sold under names such as “Spice” or “K2.”
“Increasingly within the last month, our office has received concerns
about an olive-colored plant material often referred to and smoked as
synthetic marijuana,” said Gary Kendell, Iowa’s Drug Policy Coordinator
and Director of the Governor’s Office of Drug Control Policy. “While
most of these types of products are currently unregulated, in my
opinion the effects they reportedly have on users are cause for
concern.”
“These products are sometimes sold as herbal incense mixtures, but they
contain various synthetic compounds that appear to stimulate the same
areas of the brain as marijuana,” Kendell said. “Unlike marijuana,
according to the Iowa Statewide Poison Control Center, the effects of
these products include anxiety, panic attacks, agitation,
hallucinations and seizures.”
“Our concern about this substance and others like it has become an
unfortunate reality with the recent tragic death of a central Iowa teen
after using K2,” said Kendell.
While many of the synthetic marijuana products are currently legal, the
DEA has labeled them as “drugs and chemicals of concern.” Three states
recently banned the chemical compounds found in K2 and Spice, and at
least eight other states are considering a ban.
“Safety must come first, and I will ask Governor Culver and the
Legislature to make these types of products a schedule one controlled
substance under Iowa law, effectively banning the sale or use of them
in our state,” said Kendell. “I’m also in conversation with members of
Iowa’s congressional delegation about considering a federal ban.”
In the meantime, Kendell urges Iowans to educate themselves about
synthetic marijuana by going to the ODCP website at www.iowa.gov/odcp. Iowans with
concerns about someone smoking “Spice” or other similar products should
immediately call the Iowa Statewide Poison Control Center toll-free
hotline at 1-800-222-1222.
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