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Nelson claims that relative to marijuana, products containing synthetic cannabinoids "are really quite different, and the effects are much more unpredictable. It's dangerous". [47] Since the term synthetic does not apply to the plant, but rather to the cannabinoid that the plant contains , the term synthetic cannabinoid is more appropriate. [48]
Synthetic marijuana, commonly called "K2" or "spice," is especially popular in prison systems and jails across the country because it's cheap, easy to smuggle, and doesn't show up in routine urine ...
HU-210 is a synthetic cannabinoid that was first synthesized in 1988 from (1R,5S)-myrtenol [2] by a group led by Raphael Mechoulam at the Hebrew University. [3] [4] [5] HU-210 is 100 to 800 times more potent than natural THC from cannabis and has an extended duration of action. [6]
When synthetic cannabinoids are used recreationally, they present significant health dangers to users. [100] In the period of 2012 through 2014, over 10,000 contacts to poison control centers in the United States were related to use of synthetic cannabinoids. [100] Medications containing natural or synthetic cannabinoids or cannabinoid analogs:
Oct. 27—HANOVER TWP. — Three people from the same family were arrested Thursday on allegations they were peddling synthetic marijuana tainted with illicit drugs. Police in Hanover Township ...
Aminoalkylindole is a class of synthetic cannabinoid compounds originally developed for cannabinoid receptor pharmacology studies but later emerged as drugs of abuse. They are often found in designer drugs known as synthetic cannabinoids (SCs) or "synthetic marijuana," and their use has been associated with various adverse health effects ...
Cannabis (/ ˈ k æ n ə b ɪ s /), [2] commonly known as marijuana (/ ˌ m æ r ə ˈ w ɑː n ə /), [3] weed, and pot, among other names, is a non-chemically uniform drug from the cannabis plant. Native to Central or South Asia, the cannabis plant has been used as a drug for both recreational and entheogenic purposes and in various ...
The man who drove his car into a crowded sidewalk in Times Square on Thursday was high on synthetic marijuana (K2).