F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C. News!!!

The fact that you people keep referring to it as "K2" just shows you people know nothing about the stuff. K2 is a brand name that was actually banned 2 years ago. It's not "K2". The stuff has been around for over 15 years, just shows how ignorant you people are. FYI, it will be back tomorrow named something else just like it was the first time it was banned 2 years ago.

See: "Michigan passed a law banning spice-type products putting into Schedule I HU-210, CP47,497, JWH-018, JWH-073, JWH-015, JWH-200, and JWH-250. Law signed by governor on Sep 30 2010. Legislature.mi.gov 2009-2010 Public Act 0171. HB 6038 tied to HB6226: Legislation Proposed"

You've banned it once, what makes you think this time will be different?

AWESOME!! THANKS;)

You are the ones that are ignorant, that eats holes in your brain and splits your skull centimeters every 3 months consumed and eats your nerves so don't worry us smart people are just looking out for our "stupid" youth ...take it from a spice smoker for 3 years...I quit 7 months ago and finally am over the symptoms and feel normal again FINALLY! Not to mention its addicting same as w/d frome opiates

tilly
I never smoked it but, I seen some wild things happen to those who had.

Way to go Township Board! The more I have read about this stuff, and the impact it seems to have on it's users, the more I have been disgusted by OUR local businesses that sell it. And thank you Patch editors - I heard about this drug, its effects, and the protests against it here (and started my own boycott against local businesses identified as dealers) well before it started showing up at freep.com and detnews.com...

@ Roger Smith:
Over-protective? When a substance such as this causes a grandmother to shoot and kill her grandson or a young man to take a baseball bat to his entire family or a kid in West Bloomfield to die from an overdose of this garbage I don't think restricting it is being "over protective".
You must have some financial stake in the sale of this product and I would like to know which store you own so that I will never patronize it again...

Thanks to Patch for educating the public on Spice/ K 2. Because Patch kept the word out, this dangerous drug (and have no doubt it is a drug!) finally has a ban. Roger Smith, as adults when our teens are using their freedom of choice to harm themselves and others, "we" adults have the duty to step in and keep our teens safe. As a long time High School teacher I knew of Spice long before it hit the media. Spice or K2 is plant material sprayed with chemicals that can mimic tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient in marijuana. Manufactures that sale substances used to make K2 and Spice change the formulas in these products and can add whatever they want to the stuff. It is not safe guarded by the FDA. Many experts and professionals have done extensive research on this drug and it's harmful effects on the brain. I respectfully suggest, Roger, that you do the same and then go back and reflect on your comments above.

This would a good time to remind ourselves that the D.A.R.E. program has been severely cut-back in recent years. The local schools' DARE officers were there to not only keep up with the latest "substance du jour" but moreso to aide parents and schools in educating our kids about the harmful effects of what might otherwise be seen as a "what the heck, try it" lark. There is truth to the saying that an ounce of prevention can be worth more than a pound of cure.

I would totally agree with Ms. Vogel. I was the state president for Michigan D.A.R.E. My board was in charge of training officers each summer when school was out, teaching the latest information to officers in the schools. DARE Officers were trained to be the first to know what was the "latest craze" and how to answer questions regarding the affects of these substances. DARE Officers were trained to work with children, community leaders, teachers and parents to combat the use of illegal drugs withing our schools and community. I know that our budgets are tight, but what is the cost of saving one child? Prevention programs are a must, there is no replacement for a reliable, trustworthy source that the kids can come to to ask the questions and get the correct answers. It may have been the same answer that their parent gave, but it was better coming from us? That's just the way kid's think. I know that DARE officers would have been dealing with the the synthetic drugs. Please refer to http://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp/ondcp-fact-sheets/synthetic-drugs-k2-spice-bath-salts. Mind you DARE was teaching kids the negative effects of synthetic drugs back in the 90's. This should not turn into a new tool for politicians to pretend to be concerned about our youth. If you were concerned you would have kept the officers working with our children, parents and communities long ago.

Jane Felice-Boudreau

Pretty sad when a search for Jane Boudreau comes up with this article. Is this the Patches attempt to skew information and shoe Bouchard into office? It is unacceptable that Boucard gave an employee a million dollar contract which has grown to several million dollars. This is morally and ethically unacceptable. Shame on the Patch for not exposing this.

It is pretty sad that Jane B. wants to promote herself here. And spread lies. But it's not patches fault. What synthetic drugs was Jane taking back in the 90's i wonder? And she wonders why that stupid DARE program never worked.