(03-21-2018, 12:10 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: I wouldn't be surprised if this was related to synthetic marijuana. I've heard some bad stuff about it. Keep it natural. The real stuff has no really bad side effects. At least, I hope that's all it is. If it's mental, he may be facing a long, hard road ahead. I wish him well.

I absolutely hate that spice and K2 have been dubbed "synthetic marijuana"
In the early days of the stuff I tried it... since it was "legal".
It neither made me feel the same or as good as marijuana. As a matter of fact, each time I tried it was a rather unenjoyable experience ranging from harsh smoke with little to no effect and the last time being a "I'm coming to see ya Elizabeth" type scare.

I realize it was created by a professor of sorts trying to simulate cannabinoids but the idea that K2/Spice is anything like marijuana is insane to me. And only further demonizes the real stuff to those still uneducated about the natural growing plant.

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(04-04-2018, 11:37 AM)Inziladun Wrote:

(03-21-2018, 08:21 AM)Achilles Wrote: I'll bet money that he wasn't using synthetic marijuana. People generally only touch that's stuff if they're poor or desperate. Not hard for an NFL player to get premium drugs. 

That looks like mental illness to me. You could see how confused his brother was by what was happening. 

When I first heard him say "I wanna fight for Jesus" I immediately got a sobered up feeling watching the video as I read he tried to jump out a 30th story window and also tried to squeeze his entire body through a small hole in shattered glass.

That's insane stuff. Could be caused by drugs, maybe set off by drugs, but I just don't see the synthetic marijuana angle.

It's not lack of affordability that's the issue. Spice doesn't trigger any drug tests either, so it's not surprising that some football players would smoke it. That being said, it's literally incense so anyone that does is an idiot. Myself included because it gave me a wicked headache when I tried it, lol.

Side note, buddy of mine had a seizure from the stuff and got an other-than honorable discharge from the Marines because of it.

There have been stories of people dying from smoking this crap.
And some people aren't ever the same mentally. 

Also the cost of marijuana these days VS the cost of Spice/K2 isn't that different (good herb can be bought on the street for 10/g and last I saw this Spice stuff anywhere around town here it was roughly 20 for about 3g)

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