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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.
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