That Sticky Icky... Icky!

The Feds are preparing to ban another generation of fake pot. Personally, I'm glad to see a disturbance in the market. The chemical cocktail sprayed on herbs and sold as incense is as dubious as when salvia was sold under the same conditions. Granted, it won't give you LSD-esque hallucinations like salvia, but it can cause heart problems, seizures, breathing problems, and a whole host of other fun side effects.

I mean, really, look at that eye. This product is sourced by Sauron.

In other words, everyone jokes at the cliche of a stoner who had a bit too much of Hobbiton's finest pipe weed and thinks his heart is beating out of control, but if you know someone who presents the same symptoms from synthetics, she might actually need medical attention. Hundreds of people have been hospitalized in Michigan the last couple years. Fundamentally, chemical-laced herbs and cannabis are two very different classes of drugs, and brands such as K2's label by the media as "synthetic marijuana" is wildly misleading and dangerous. I would like to think that a new wave of legislation will kill fake pot for good. Chemists will always be one step ahead of legislators, however, and I doubt this is the last we will see of synthetic "marijuana".