Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Police Chief Jim Corwin would like to remind you that all synthetic drugs are now illegal

Posted by Justin Kendall on Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 10:20 AM

K2 is illegal and the KCPD will bust you for smoking it.
  • K2 is illegal, and the KCPD will bust you for smoking it.
Just a reminder from Kansas City Police Chief Jim Corwin that all synthetic drugs are now illegal. They have been since August 28, but the chief must have felt the need to say so once again on his blog.

The ban covers K2, K3, Syn, and Spice, which were outlawed in Missouri by lawmakers in 2010. And guess what? The KCPD is going to crack down on users, dealers and manufacturers.

Corwin writes that the "KCPD is working hard to enforce that ban," by:

1. Monitoring retail outlets and those who sell synthetic cannabinoids
2. Locating manufacturers and dismantling their operations
3. Stopping shipments of the chemicals from overseas and domestically

Corwin goes on to write about the dangers of the drugs. He also gives us a recipe:

"Sergeant Tim Witcig of our Drug Enforcement Unit said most of the synthetic cannabinoid chemicals come to the U.S. in powder form from overseas, usually from China. It is completely unregulated. Dealers in the United States then mix it with a liquid like acetone or alcohol and spray it on plant material. Studies have shown these synthetic drugs can be up to 10 times stronger than marijuana and produce significant negative effects on the human body."

And this wouldn't be a blog from the chief without some stories of the dangers, like a KC teen who smoked K2 on his way to school and went into cardiac arrest (he was saved, thanks to school officials). There's also stories of users who "carve their bodies up with knives and throw themselves out of moving vehicles into traffic." Not what The Pitch's product testers experienced when they tried K2.

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Thanks to Chief Corwin for his many years of service. I hear he is retiring.
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Posted by Andrew Q. Smith on 09/14/2011 at 10:00 AM

I just ignore the ban. USPS will mail me anything from anywhere. Good luck with your ban thingy though! :D

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Posted by Rastafari on 09/13/2011 at 3:40 PM

Meanwhile, in the 64130 zip code........

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Posted by Wink Dinklemeyer on 09/13/2011 at 1:47 PM

Smoking bath salts however, totally legal. So go nuts (literally), slap on a bikini, slaughter your neighbor's goat & wander the highways of 'merica. Cause thats how we do it in Missouri.

*sigh*

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Posted by fuggit on 09/13/2011 at 12:37 PM

If they would just make pot legal this would not be an issue. I realize everyone has concerns about it not being safe and being a gateway drug but so is booze.

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Posted by JustSaying on 09/13/2011 at 12:02 PM

REFER MADNESS!!

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Posted by Don Mathews on 09/13/2011 at 11:59 AM

How about they worry about Meth and other drugs that will kill you and leave the people who want to smoke pot or alternatives and order pizzas while watching comedies on Netflix alone? Idiots!

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Posted by Somelawsrstupid on 09/13/2011 at 11:20 AM
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