As far as I am aware (and all this is second hand knowledge as I stopped taking drugs and moved away from it all about 8 years ago, but am still in contact with a few old friends) the synthetic cannibinoids are all nasty and far worse they what they are trying to replace - cannabis. Far more cases of people losing it &#x2F; psychosis &#x2F; blacking it &#x2F; fitting etc than most of the illegal drugs.<p>As they are easily available, they tend to be more popular among the young (in some areas) who perhaps know less people on how to get actual cannabis.<p>Hey kids, don&#x27;t smoke this plant, which is actually pretty safe* smoke these unknown, brand new chemicals some dodgy chemist has knocked up to bypass some laws.<p>It is all but directly comparable to prohibition, don&#x27;t drink these safe regulated spirits, drink this moonshine made in some guys bathtub where the profit is paramount and safety be damned.<p>Yet another case of illegality causing more harm, more problems and costing more than legalisation ever would.<p>*but not 100% safe, does cause issues in some etc etc