K2 Summit

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• UM Researcher Identifies Novel Treatment For Pain In Sickle Cell Disease
• Experts: High from K2 legal, but dangerous
• Southaven Store Busted For Fake Pot
• Incense nonsense
• Emergency ban on K2 takes effect
• Today’s Most Read Stories
• ‘Spice’ up in smoke, bans likely to spread
• Iowa Bans K2
• Police look at testing of banned K2
• McKinney passes ban on K2, salvia divinorum

UM Researcher Identifies Novel Treatment For Pain In Sickle Cell Disease Posted: 22 Jul 2010 10:06 PM PDT UM Researcher Identifies Novel Treatment For Pain In Sickle Cell Disease Alternative approach found to alleviate pain using much smaller doses than traditional medication treatmentA University of Minnesota Medical School research team led by Kalpna Gupta, Ph.D., has discovered that cannibinoids offer a novel approach to ease the chronic and acute pain caused by sickle cell disease (SCD).Using a mouse model of SCD, Gupta and University of Minnesota colleagues studied … Read more on redOrbit

Experts: High from K2 legal, but dangerous Posted: 22 Jul 2010 06:09 PM PDT Experts: High from K2 legal, but dangerous HOUSTON — It's known as Spice, K2 and even incense. But the head of the Palmer Drug Abuse Program can tell you about its darker side. “People talk about the intense hallucinations, almost having seizures, the heart beating,” said John Will, the director of PDAP.  John Will knows all about it because he counsels kids who have used K2. “We went to this one shop, it's like all over…..We didn't … Read more on 11 News Houston

Southaven Store Busted For Fake Pot Posted: 22 Jul 2010 10:07 AM PDT Southaven Store Busted For Fake Pot Sam’s Snack Express was shutdown for selling synthetic drugs, but there was even more inside than investigators thought. Read more on Eyewitness News Memphis

Incense nonsense Posted: 22 Jul 2010 09:17 AM PDT Incense nonsense K2. Spice. Colorado Chronic. A dose by any of these names is, well …. no one’s quite sure. This stuff isn’t regulated by the FDA, and there are no standards applied to its production. Anything could be in there, and it can be deadly. by J. Adrian Stanley The kid (and he does look young) behind the counter at Freakys knows exactly what I’m asking for. He smirks a little in the dim light of the … Read more on Colorado Springs Independent

Emergency ban on K2 takes effect Posted: 22 Jul 2010 06:09 AM PDT Emergency ban on K2 takes effect The Iowa Board of Pharmacy placed an emergency ban on a marijuana like substance. Read more on KWWL Iowa

Today’s Most Read Stories Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:10 AM PDT Today’s Most Read Stories DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa Board of Pharmacy has voted to ban the sale of K2, a synthetic version of marijuana. The ban takes effect Wednesday. K2 is sold as incense and can cause a marijuana-like high for some users. Read more on KAAL Austin

‘Spice’ up in smoke, bans likely to spread Posted: 22 Jul 2010 04:06 AM PDT ‘Spice’ up in smoke, bans likely to spread TUPELO – Tupelo has become the first of potentially several Northeast Mississippi cities to ban a synthetic marijuana often called Spice. Others soon could follow, according to the mayors of several Lee County communities who lauded Tupelo’s swift action against the unregulated product. Read more on Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

Iowa Bans K2 Posted: 22 Jul 2010 03:09 AM PDT Iowa Bans K2 The Iowa Board of Pharmacy has voted ban the sale of K2, a synthetic version of marijuana. Read more on WOWT Omaha

Police look at testing of banned K2 Posted: 22 Jul 2010 02:06 AM PDT Police look at testing of banned K2 Local officials are trying to develop testing procedures for K2,or synthetic marijuana, after the Iowa Board of Pharmacy has bannedits sale in an emergency measure passed Tuesday. Read more on Sioux City Journal

McKinney passes ban on K2, salvia divinorum Posted: 22 Jul 2010 01:11 AM PDT McKinney passes ban on K2, salvia divinorum With a unanimous vote from city council on Tuesday, McKinney became the latest North Texas city to ban the sale of K2 and similar "synthetic marijuana" products. Read more on McKinney Courier-Gazette

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