Synthetic Marijuana There is a new trend in drug use in today’s society. Synthetic drugs are on the rise and mostly used among teenagers and have created major health problems. Synthetic drugs are being chemically created in laboratories and in some households. Synthetic drugs such as synthetic marijuana are created to give the same high as real marijuana and cocaine in a ‘legal’ form. All users who use synthetic drugs will pass a drug test due to synthetic marijuana being hard to trace. Nobody knows what kind of chemicals are put into each strand of synthetic marijuana since the creators are constantly changing the chemical compounds leading to dangerous circumstances. Not knowing what kind of health risks synthetic marijuana can cause. Synthetic marijuana often goes by street names such as K2, and Spice. Synthetic marijuana is a man made drug of herbs, incense and other leafy materials sprayed with lab chemicals to mimic the effect of regular marijuana. Synthetic marijuana first appeared in Europe in 2004 and became widely available in the U.S. in 2008. Synthetic marijuana is …show more content…
The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that, in 2012, male high school seniors were twice as likely as female students to use synthetic marijuana. Certain chemicals found in synthetic marijuana were banned in Colorado in 2011, chemicals such as( JWH-018, JWH-073, JWH-200, CP 47 ) there are possibly hundreds more anonymous chemical compounds that haven’t been identified yet which aren’t illegal. Which means that people are able to mix any store bought chemicals and smoke it with getting in any trouble. Synthetic marijuana can be very addictive and lead to withdrawal symptoms such as nightmares, heavy sweating, nausea, tremors, headaches, extreme tiredness, insomnia, vomiting, problems thinking clearly and neglect of