This is pure hog wash man. These morons passing these laws should be removed from office for pure ignorance. You cant just BAN a drug without proper research on harmful or positive potential for the drug. I have tried k2 and while some have stated it is "dangerous" I felt nothing more than a slightly higher high than marijuana, but a quickly diminished high, with NO side effects. The only negative thing I can say is that I had a slight headache afterwards, which is from the rosemary or whatever is in it, and a slightly plugged nose (okay and some munchies). I dont think people should drive on it, but this is plain idiotic. People in the midwest live in the stone age, and need to open their eyes. Funny how a state promotes drinking, fireworks (which are highly illegal in most states), very few limits on fire arms (which is how it should be), and many other things, yet is so against anything connected with marijuana in any way shape or form. I have lived in Northern California, where people use marijuana like advil, and with very little negative outcome. Its almost like a midwest farming community, except they have to hide what they are doing, which is just insane. There is NOTHING wrong with marijuana, except that smoking it can obviously be harmful to your lungs, just like any kind of smoke, but other than that, it SHOULD be legal. This is government control at its finest, wake up people, alcohol is the real killer, and noone complains about it being legal..I cant get over this!!!
DISAPPOINTED!

I agree with all of the earlier posts completely.
It infuriates me that it is legal for me to buy a pack of cigarettes (which harm me and the people around me), and then still legal to introduce alcohol into my system and drive home. But yet marijuana is illegal and just having a small amount can send me to jail? Absurd.

I just heard about K2 yesterday and was able to try it. After first reading a little about it, I agree with the synopsis of it... A high that was multiple times better than pot and as I am a frequent smoker of such (for many health reasons), appreciated the substitute that left no negative side effects. The fact that this is a substance that will not show up on a drug test, that does not leave my personal business out for others to see - the same as if they were to check the BAC of an applicant as it is legal to get drunk consistently and it is not brought up.

I'd like to see some comparative tests between smoking herbs and alcohol/tobacco that the government would have to address as the old fuddy-duddies need to update their thinking... Screw it, they've had their chance -> it's time to go. Let's get some fresh forward thinkers into the White House!

I seriously can not believe it has came down to a ban on K2 and like substances.

NIXON is a total tool! There has been no scientific proof as the first post states , of any issues, heath risks ect from the use of K2 or the like.

Nixon is backwards, he still allows other heath risks.

Energy Drinks, Energy Pills, Tobacco , High Fructose Corn Syrup, Hydrogenated Oils, Caffeine Pills, Alcohol ect.

Why the hell are known heath risks allowed and not banned?

I urge everyone that reads this story to vote every and anyone out the next election ,

This is another example of Government Control way past their bounds.

Regardless of what people thing, K2 is drug. If it makes you high it's a drug. It's basically marijuana in a silver package, if you dumped it in a little baggie and sold it, you would be arrested for selling a drug. It's common freakin' sense.

I say F**k em all. People are gonna do what they want to. I think that has become apparent!!! Look at how many people go to jail or have to pay fines every day for this sh*t. Its all about the money!! The government knows that if they make it illegal people are still going to do it. There for, they have to pay fines and maybe even do time, in which case, the government makes money. Alcohol is the same way. You think the government really gives a damn how many people die in alcohol related crashes and what not. The answer is hell no. Think of the millions of dollars hospitals and the government makes on people getting drunk and getting hurt. Why would they out law it if the over head was so lucrative. I believe that its no longer we the people, it is rather we the government!!!! They make laws that contradict other laws, and we as tax payers pay them to sit there and think of ways to tell us what we can and cannot do. We as the people need to control the government not the other way around. I look at it this way, we as Americans may not be the best at anything, but we are freakin sharper than tacks!!! Someone out there will come up with something new and different and the government will out law it like usual. Then they will come out with something else. So to all the thinkers out there, get creative, and show the man, that no matter what they do, we will always get ours!!!!!

Here's the thing. If we wanna point fingers, then lets point them in the right direction. The pharmasuetical companies!!! I believe they have alot to do with it. They dont wanna give people the option to self medicate. They lose money and business. We all know that pot has been shown to help people with cancer and other disease. God made pot, man made medicine, who do you trust? Its funny me commenting on all this cause I dont even use! I just think that we should all have the right to chose for our selves. Some of the best people I have ever met were users. They would give me the shirt off thier back and not blink once. I dont judge, and niether should anyone else. I believe its their personal choice and no one should label them for it. There is lots of things that people do that are bad for them. Hell, just walking out my front door is bad for me. I could get hit by a car, shot, stung by a damn bee or a number of different things. Hell, the air I breathe is bad for me. I think that the government needs to focus on the most important things such as how we are gonna get all this oil cleaned up in the gulf. They are crazy if they think for one second that its not gonna upset the balance of things. Lets find a cure for cancer, lets find an alternate fuel and make it inexpensive and readly available, lets use solar energy, lets find more ways to clean up the messes we have made in the land fills and rivers and lakes. We may know how to do these things, but lets perfect it and make it affordable. Make our science work for us. These are the things that need to be talked about within the government, not about Ruppert and how he gets his jollies off by smokin a little of whatever!!!

What does the law specify about the chemistry of the compounds?
JWH-018 or JWH-073 or even more?

You people do not understand that K2 (also basically JWH-018) CAN KILL YOU. You can overdose from smoking too much JWH-018 which means you can overdose on K2. Use your heads people. It's a drug, JWH is also an addicting drug. It has harmful side effects to your nervous system and basically can do damage to your nerves in your brain.

Add Dallas, TX to the K2 ban list. They also banned Salvia divinorum. Effective Saturday, 8/14/2010, it will be illegal to buy, sell, use or possess Apparently, according to msnbc.com, Dallas went a step further and banned smoking accessories such as bongs and papers.  I have yet to verify that.  But considering how broke Dallas is, it would not surprise me in the least.  The Dallas ban provides for up to a $2000 fine for possession, and maybe the same for paraphernalia.  This seems like a chance for the city to make a quick buck, and given the huge number of people in the Dallas area who smoke "God's green" as well as K2 and synthetics, there would be a TON of money to be made. (EDIT: Confirmed.  Paraphernalia, other than papers, will also be illegal under the new ban, which goes into effect at midnight, 8/15/2010... the stroke of Sunday morning)

Yet alcohol remains legal.  Alcohol is known to be dangerous; we all know the damage it causes to the liver, the brain, an unborn baby, and so on.  I don't need to rattle on about how many people die or kill someone else as the result of driving while drunk.  People die or kill other people while driving stoned, certainly.  Yet alcohol is legal and cannabinoids (natural or synthetic) are not.  Why is that, do you think?  My guess is money.  Alcohol sales are huge.  The tax dollars from alcohol sales add up.  Alcohol is socially acceptable, associated more readily with high society, and more of our politicians drink alcohol than use cannabinoids (CB's). 

Pot, on the other hand, is typically a working-class indulgence.  The average pot smoker or CB user is generally of modest means.  Pot is also fairly easy to grow, easier to grow and cure than tobacco.  Homegrown pot for personal consumption isn't sold and no money changes hands.  There are no tax dollars to be made.  The government doesn't get its slice of the pie, and so they get peeved.  Pot remains illegal even though some states issue a freaking TAX STAMP for it!  Then the state busts someone for pot and if that person was the one guy in the whole state who actually bought the tax stamp, he's still busted and now the state gets his fine and costs on top of the tax money for the stamp.  What a racket! 

No wonder these cities and states want to ban synthetic CB's.  Dallas is getting greedy by adding "Sally D" to the ban list, and since certain poppies and other plants are already illegal to grow and possess-- it's only a matter of time before the only things any herbalist or horticulturist would be able to grow would be dandelions. 

Oops, no.  Sorry about that, no dandelions, either.  Dandelions are a weed, and weed is illegal.

Ri-dam-diculous...

It all goes back to government trying to control lives, as stated in a few other earlier posts.  If they make it illegal, they can make money off the fines.  The way they legitimately go about doing this is because there are assholes out there who smoke this and then become unproductive well-fare cases.  Thus, ruining it for the rest of us and giving the government a great excuse to make the product illegal.  What the government refuses to understand is that these people were well-fare cases well before this product was available and they will continue to be well-fare cases.  If you are one of these people that live off the government, fuck you.

I think since this new K2 substance came they should legalize Marijuana. People are going through great lenghts 4 the THC effect. And if people are dying from it then why not legalize the safe form of the product, which is marijuana. Some situations can be delt with so easily duuun.An yes I have had bad experiences with K2 also but more good ones.Just be safe with it.

I just woke up from a nasty high from the k2 garbage. I mixed a small amount in my cigarette and it hit me like a freight train. Similar to mj, except that my heart and eardrums felt like they were going to explode. I checked my pulse and I was at 150 bpm AT REST. you should be at 60-100bpm MAX at rest, 150 is a nasty experience even during heavy exercise. I was able to dink my head in cold water to activate the diving reflex (lowers bpm) and got my pulse down to 98, still uncomfortable. This stuff is not to be taken lightly. No dosage info, which means any Jo-blo can buy it at the gas station without any dosage warning and explode his heart. I love mj but can't afford the legal repercussions of being caught, so I get stuck smoking some garbage. Legalize mj and get this shit off the street and shut down. If you like this crap, you aren't just annoying mj. It was more like coke. I'm pissed off.

I am sorry to say the majority of smokers are going to defend what they smoke ... No duh. But you have to reaslise the people who smoke it and say "well nothing happened to me." May not effect you the same way. Because a chemical it effects your brain in differnet way because differnet make up of THC receptors. One person may feel high another may become feverish and pass out, vomit, extream migranes, and even fall in to coma. Thats why K2 and K3 are dangerious. Cannibous is much safer than anything else because it is naturally occuring. But K2 and K3 are made out of Chemical that were designed in a lab. (Not a Basement).  

If potential to overdose is the issue, then by extension I suppose alcohol ought be made illegal.  If nothing else it's just inconsistent to criminalize one chemical (this new and apparently potentially dangerous k2) and ignore the wild dangers of another commonplace helluva drug (alcohol), but what else is new.  I'm gonna go have another beer.

The fact of the matter is that spice (k2, magic, salvia, etc) are compounds that consist based on illegal substances.  There are few negative reports of the effects of the synthetics due to few tests actually being conducted.  Im not against marijuana in any way, I just believe in that old fashion saying dont talk to strangers. meaning in regards to this you do not know what's in these products or what effects the unknown mixtures may incur.  It is an incrimination on the peoples right to outlaw a substance without just cause, but for some it may be the best option (playing with fire will get you burnt).  For all those who do smoke this product please be careful. 

   After all these years has the lawmakers learned nothing..? are they stuck in the stoneage or something...wth..  if theyd legalize marijuana the spice wouldnt be such a big thing...then instead of handing our money to whoever in the blackmarket or mexico or whereever..it could be helping to pay off our national debt..pay for schools exedera!!! morons...ban spice ittl just be bigger along with all the rest they ban..takes brains lawmakers..learn from the past any?? evidentlly not..

Ive tried spice didnt like it as well as marijuana  small headache...but it did help to balance me out like weed does too...why not just legalize weed? be alot better for ya than spice..ive smoked weed for 29 years straight...only thing its ever done is help me out..except for the fines i got..govnt crooks is all that is..same as stealing..lawmakers should be locked up for that...