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• Justices Prohibit Possession, Sale Of ‘Spice,’ ‘Fake Weed,’ K-2
• American Association of Poison Control Centers: Fake Marijuana Spurs More Than 750 Calls to U.S. Poison Centers This …
• Officials find designer drug worrisome
• Does Saudi have world’s biggest amphetamine habit?
• Marijuana substitute reported stolen from tobacco store
• University of Minnesota researchers: cannibinoids eases sickle cell pain
• DoD Prohibits Use of ‘Spice’
• New drug to treat chronic pain in SCD patients
• “Legal marijuana” being sold in Central Pa

Justices Prohibit Possession, Sale Of ‘Spice,’ ‘Fake Weed,’ K-2 Posted: 23 Jul 2010 10:05 PM PDT Justices Prohibit Possession, Sale Of 'Spice,' 'Fake Weed,' K-2 One of the psychotropic Saliva varieties, Salvia divinorum, in a photo from Wikipedia. While several of the Salvia varieties, native to Mexico, are psychotropic, most are not, and those Salvia varieties are common as household or garden plants. Read more on Ashley County Ledger

American Association of Poison Control Centers: Fake Marijuana Spurs More Than 750 Calls to U.S. Poison Centers This … Posted: 23 Jul 2010 02:09 PM PDT American Association of Poison Control Centers: Fake Marijuana Spurs More Than 750 Calls to U.S. Poison Centers This … ALEXANDRIA, Va.—-Synthetic marijuana products being sold at gas stations, convenience stores and "head shops" have spurred more than 750 calls to U.S. poison centers this year alone, causing increased concern among doctors and clinicians as well as state lawmakers, who are quickly moving to outlaw such products. Read more on Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

Officials find designer drug worrisome Posted: 23 Jul 2010 01:11 PM PDT Officials find designer drug worrisome Illustration By JASON REEVES “Spice,” a new designer drug that mimics the effects of marijuana, does its work because of minor structural differences at a molecular level. Read more on The Daily Leader

Does Saudi have world’s biggest amphetamine habit? Posted: 23 Jul 2010 12:05 PM PDT Does Saudi have world’s biggest amphetamine habit? The Middle East leads the world in amphetamine seizures but governments in the region have been slow to admit there is a drug abuse problem, hindering efforts to fight it. Read more on CNN

Marijuana substitute reported stolen from tobacco store Posted: 23 Jul 2010 11:09 AM PDT Marijuana substitute reported stolen from tobacco store Thieves who broke into a tobacco specialty store early Thursday stole an herbal mixture that produces a high similar to marijuana, police said. The mixture is known as Spice, or K2, according to a Fayetteville police news release. Read more on The Fayetteville Observer

University of Minnesota researchers: cannibinoids eases sickle cell pain Posted: 23 Jul 2010 08:05 AM PDT University of Minnesota researchers: cannibinoids eases sickle cell pain If Cheech and Chong had sickle cell disease, chances are they wouldn't have felt nuthin'. A University of Minnesota medical school research team said Thursday that cannibinoids, a synthetic compound based on marijuana derivatives, could effectively ease pain in patients suffering from sickle cell disease (SCD). SCD is a genetic blood disorder in which red blood cells [...] Read more on MedCity News

DoD Prohibits Use of ‘Spice’ Posted: 23 Jul 2010 12:40 AM PDT DoD Prohibits Use of 'Spice' K2, an herbal drug which causes hallucinogenic effects similar to marijuana often referred to as ''spice" and marketed as an ''all natural" incense has led to a crackdown of its use by the Department of Defense. Read more on DCMilitary.com

New drug to treat chronic pain in SCD patients Posted: 23 Jul 2010 12:05 AM PDT New drug to treat chronic pain in SCD patients A 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.Using a mouse model of SCD, Gupta and University of Minnesota colleagues studied the pain mechanisms by observing animals that exhibited both musculoskeletal pain and temperature sensitivity … Read more on News-Medical-Net

“Legal marijuana” being sold in Central Pa Posted: 22 Jul 2010 11:09 PM PDT “Legal marijuana” being sold in Central Pa Incense laced with synthetic THC is available in several stores Read more on WHP CBS 21 Harrisburg

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