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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Is Your Teen Doing K2? What Parents Should Know About Synthetic Marijuana

SafetySmart Lilburn talks this week about the rising use and concern of synthetic marijuana, which goes by the names of K2, Mr. Happy, Spice and more.

K2, Mr. Happy, Spice, Phantom Wicked Dreams, Clown Loyal, Mr Nice Guy, Lava, Wicked Spice, Flame 2.0 are product names for Synthetic Cannabinoid (SC), or Synthetic Marijuana. Labels such as “incense”, “potpourri” and “not for human consumption” do not deter smoking of the products. These products, made from various dried plants in India and China, have been available in smoke shops throughout the country until recently. Federal legal action in July 2012 banned over-the-counter sales of K2, according to the Washington Post.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in its Mortality and Morbidity World Report (MMWR) for Feb 15, 2013 that from March to December of 2012, sixteen cases of acute kidney injury occurred following …

Kristen

8:27 pm on Monday, February 25, 2013

Worst stuff ever Please don't do it send flush it if u have it I'm serious my friends are in hospital   more ›

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Drugs in Gwinnett County: A Presentation to SafetySmart Lilburn

Maj. John Strickland, of the Gwinnett County Police Department, recently presented information on drug activity in the area.

(Editor's Note: This piece is derived from a recent presentation on drugs in Gwinnett County by Maj. John Strickland.) In 2012, Gwinnett County confiscated more than $16 million worth of illegal narcotics, from 837 drug arrests: $905,000 in drug money, 884 pounds of marijuana, 32 pounds of cocaine and 51 pounds of methamphetamine.  In general, all drug arrests result in jail time (with the exception of possession of small amounts of marijuana.) Infiltration of Mexican Cartels Studies indicate the drug cartels in Mexico and Central America ship approximately 90 percent of drugs entering the United States. Since the 1990s, the government of Mexico recently reported being at war with the drug cartels.  In most instances these cartels tend …

Friday, May 25, 2012

Inside Police Reports: Man Busted with 'Black Death'

Lilburn PD makes arrest for possession of fake pot in the parking lot of a Walgreens.

Four young men loitering in a Walgreens store at 4235 Lawrenceville Highway drew the attention of a Lilburn Police officer on May 20. They were up to no good. As the officer watched the men — ages 20 to 27 — he saw one of them place a metal tube in his mouth and light the top. When the office approached the group he found that the tube was a modified aluminum pen with a hole drilled into the top. These Inside Police Reports articles may also interest you: What does GLM Mean? (Answer Green Leafy Material) Credit Card Fraud Discovered Bulova Watches The Target of Thieves Domestic Dispute Leads to Threat With Knife Was Car Vandalism a Senior Prank? "I asked [him] what the aluminum tube was for," Officer Echevarria wrote in the incident report…

Karen

12:10 pm on Saturday, May 26, 2012

The To The Maximus Foundation educates the public about the dangers of synthetic marijuana. I lost my son to synthetic marijuana, and many of the people in the organization have lost children, siblings, and parents. For more information about this terrible drug and what you can do about it, please find To The Maximus on Facebook, on Twitter @fakeweed, our website tothemaxumus.org or our blog at …   more ›

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