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cheaper than actual cannabis

if it is, the solution is LEGALIZING CANNABIS.  A buddy told me he can get an ounce for 60 bucks CDN (45 USD).  I'm sure it's not the best strain but it'd still be better than this artificial garbage. 
Cannabis doesn't kill you.  How other countries can justify keeping it illegal is entirely fucking beyond me.
K2 used to be in every gas station in the us and it's absolutely awful >

Right! Shit was insane. And then kratom came and replaced it. That shits awful for you too. >


And then kratom came and replaced it. That shits awful for you too.

What?? I've heard miracle stories of how it has successfully helped people get off opiates, and haven't heard much of anything regarding its harms. >

I use to be hooked on kratom. I took a lot so when I stopped, the come down lasted a week. That should tell you what kratom really is. >

Were you addicted to anything before?
I only ever heard horror stories from people who had an opiate problem and replaced their addiction with kratom then blamed kratom for the shitty comedown 
When I stopped taking it I felt nothing
(Not an endorsement for kratom usage I'm not a doctor) >

To be clear, I was taking 40 plus pill a day. >

Yikes. I’m glad you were able to get clean. >

I mean it’s not exactly like H or anything like that, but it’s still substance abuse and a crutch. I was spending 30 dollars every few days on it, so once you can’t afford it, you just kind of quit. I don’t feel that it’s an addiction, but when I’m on it I feel like I need it. >

Just seeing the name K2 brings back strange and uncomfortable times in 2011. Heart beating so hard, chest feeling so heavy I felt I was making the conscious decision to breathe, or I wouldn’t. I almost ate bark bc in the dark it reminded me of chocolate. If reefer madness was made for spice instead of marijuana, I’d be a lot more accurate lbs
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Yeah 2010-2012 was a crazy time. I remember watching my friend have a seizure from K2 and not knowing wtf was going on. We were just dumb high schoolers that smoked weed and he wanted to not fail a drug test so he smoked K2. That seemed to be the main reason people did it. 
I only did it once mixed with weed and didn’t have a bad time but heard so many horror stories. >

wouldn't exist if cannabis hadn't been prohibited worldwide for so long >

The article actually includes a story where the individual smoked cannabis when he couldn't get his hands on kush. That is, he preferred kush. Maybe he's unique in that way.
You're 100% right about how k2 popped up in the US. Maybe none of these compounds would have entered the public consciousness if marijuana was never illegal. >

Jwh-18 
Research chemicals made in some Chinese lab. >

The original JWH's were "relatively" safe, mild and weed like.
It's when they banned them, scientists had to get more creative, those got banned, scientists had to get even crazier, and boom, we end up with whatever the fuck they're calling syncans these days. It's more like crack/meth/H.
But the OG JWH's were "good". As in got you stoned and not looking like a cracked out zombie >

For anyone wondering, "kush" is apparently the name for one or more synthetic cannabinoids that are being produced locally in western Africa. It's interesting to me that some people in the story prefer kush to actual cannabis.
There's a huge class of these drugs with wildly different effects profiles. >

There's people in europe who buy cbd weed laced with shit like K2 or jwh-018 and prefer it to actual d9thc because it's way stronger. There is also people who pretend it's normal weed but very strong and try to make money that way. Then when you get hooked and develop a physical addiction to that shit is when shit hits the fan and conservative politicians start their circlejerk and scream 'weed bad'. 
Sorry this triggered me.
To me it's not surprising at all when k2 is probably also cheaper than actual cannabis.