Wrongly named synthetic marijuana or Spice has nothing to do with real marijuana, its effect or its consequences on the smoker’s health. Many youngsters compare it with marijuana; moreover, they thought it was not harmful, since it was legal and sold in kiosks or specialized stores like head shops. Through the years, the rumor has been refuted, and it has been proved that it is more dangerous, addictive and harmful than real marijuana; in fact, there are countless documented cases on intoxication, even death, due to that product.
What is the origin of synthetic marijuana?
Synthetic marijuana was born as a way of selling synthetic drug legally, profiting the existing legal vacuums in several European countries; basically, it consists of non-psychotropic dry herbs, sprayed by synthetic drug, that is, laboratory chemical products. These chemical products, used for Spice production, contain synthetic cannabinoids; consequently, they are new psychotropic chemical substances, imitating the legal drugs, although not totally legal.
Consuming effects and damages
The effects of these synthetic cannabinoids are much more powerful and harmful than cannabis natural cannabinoids. These artificial chemical products, imitating the cannabinoids, are usually produced in Russian and Chinese laboratories, and their long-term effects in the organism have not been deeply studied; in fact, the information is vague: there are related to a wide range of negative side effects, like disorientation, psychosis or anxiety.
- Alters the perception
- Relaxes
- Provokes psychosis
- Produces vomits and nausea
- Increases the pulses
- Hallucination
- Increases the blood pressure, and it can provoke a minor blood flow to the heart
- Confusion
Anyway, it is difficult to establish some health effects and consequences, since the laboratories change the chemical composition of synthetic marijuana pack after pack; why? It is going to be explained now.
Why was synthetic marijuana legal?
When the governments started to chase synthetic drugs and its distributing stores, they started to analyze these drugs and to prohibit its chemical substances; then, the laboratories created other new chemical cannabinoids which, obviously, were not prohibited yet: this way, prohibitions were being avoided, so they could keep on selling synthetic drug, totally legally.
Withdrawal syndrome
Although aesthetically emulating marijuana, the consequences of consuming synthetic marijuana have nothing to do with real marijuana. Spice consumption provokes a severe withdrawal syndrome among its consumers; in fact, some people, hooked to synthetic drugs, compare this syndrome to heroine or meth withdrawal syndrome, that is, although imitating cannabis, synthetic marijuana can be compared to the hardest drugs, provoking a fast, remarkable, physical and mental impairment: moreover, there are some documented death cases due to synthetic marijuana overdose, currently nonexistent among natural marijuana consumers.
Withdrawal syndrome symptoms:
- Depression
- Psychosis
- Appetite loss
- Uncontrollable vomits, nausea and diarrhea
- Extreme sweat
- Insomnia
- Strong desire of consuming the drug
- Suicide thoughts
- Tremors and spasms
To figure out how many intoxication cases due to these drugs, the American Association of Poisoning Control Centers received up to 13,000 calls, due to intoxication by this drug, in 2011; besides, it is extremely important that 60% were under-25 people, so synthetic drug problem is affecting the youngest and inexpert. Youngsters probably consuming these drugs because they believe that, as legal, they are not harmful; besides, the low price of synthetic marijuana, compared to natural marijuana, together with its more powerful effect, make it a very appetizing option for these youngsters, with few economic resources and little experience against drug.
Consequently, Gea Seeds disapproves the use of these new synthetic drugs, which imitate marijuana but they have nothing to do with it; and you know that, when in doubt, do not hesitate to contact our customer-care phone service.
