Study: Synthetic pot used by 1 in 9 U.S. 12th-graders
December 15, 2011 at 6:01 am in Grand Forks Herald
High school seniors in Midwest had 13.5% rate of use, highest in nationThe study, released Wednesday by the National Institutes of Health, is believed to be the first government attempt to survey the popularity of synthetic substances often marketed as “herbal incense” and sold under brands such as “Spice” and “K2.” Senior students with the highest rate of use — 13.5 percent — were from the Midwest. Continue Reading
None of this would happen if they simply legalized marijuana. I don’t smoke pot but the fact is that prohibition doesn’t work. Never has and never will. By keeping it illegal we as a society do nothing but fund drug cartels, overload our prison system, and put non violent “criminals” in jail only to see them come out as violent individuals. I think legalize it, regulate it like alcohol, and tax it. Your never going to stop people from finding ways around the law. Just my 2 cents.
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