L.A. city councilman seeks to halt sales of "spice"

[Angel Eyes]

http://abc7.com/news/la-councilman-to-make-emergency-motion-to-stop-spice-sales-amid-overdoses/1486072/

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A Los Angeles City Council member is expected to submit an emergency motion Friday to stop the sale of spice, a synthetic form of marijuana that has resulted in dozens of overdoses among the homeless community.

No word on whether the stuff turns one's eyes blue, or enables one to navigate a starship.

"He who controls the synthetic marijuana controls the universe!"

[K Frame]

[TommyGunn]

That's cute......

[K Frame]

Fremen do not know cute!

[MechAg94]

This stuff isn't already illegal? 

[Fly320s]

This stuff isn't already illegal? 

Doesn't look like it.

Synthetic cannabinoids are included in a group of drugs called "new psychoactive substances" (NPS). NPS are unregulated psychoactive (mind-altering) substances that have become newly available on the market and are intended to copy the effects of illegal drugs. Some of these substances may have been around for years but have reentered the market in altered chemical forms or due to renewed popularity.

Manufacturers sell these herbal incense products in colorful foil packages and sell similar liquid incense products, like other e-cigarette fluids, in plastic bottles. They market these products under a wide variety of specific brand names; in past years, K2 and Spice were common. Hundreds of other brand names now exist, such as Joker, Black Mamba, Kush, and Kronic.

For several years, synthetic cannabinoid mixtures have been easy to buy in drug paraphernalia shops, novelty stores, gas stations, and through the Internet. Because the chemicals used in them have a high potential for abuse and no medical benefit, authorities have made it illegal to sell, buy, or possess some of these chemicals. However, manufacturers try to sidestep these laws by changing the chemical formulas in their mixtures

From: https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/synthetic-cannabinoids

City council banning drugs?  Is that even possible?  Maybe they will just ban the sales within city limits.

[makattak]

City council banning drugs?  Is that even possible?  Maybe they will just ban the sales within city limits.

This ought to be the way drugs are banned. The federal government has no enumerated power to do so.

As we still have dry counties, I'm going to assume this action is legal, unless California's state government prohibits it, though.

[seeker_two]

Unless the LAPD can make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, the odds of their success are 725 to 1.....

[dogmush]

"People were scared. It became what looked like a warzone. The first responders down there, they were scared. The social workers that are working with the folks down there, they were scared," he said.

I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.

[Angel Eyes]

Unless the LAPD can make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, the odds of their success are 725 to 1.....

Never tell me the odds.

[never_retreat]

They ban them her in NJ I believe. But I think for legalaly (to stand up in court) they must ban each one by chemical compound. Change it a bit and its legal to they amend the law.

[MechAg94]

Could be he just can't handle good hot wings and is tired of being looked down upon because of it.

[Mannlicher]

oh!  I know,  let's pass a LAW making that illegal!   Instant compliance, right?   laughing

[RoadKingLarry]

My name is a killing word



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U86aorxbBRY

[freakazoid]

My name is a killing word



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U86aorxbBRY

 

[Perd Hapley]

My name is a killing word



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U86aorxbBRY

Is that the feller from Twin Peaks?

[K Frame]

Is that the feller from Twin Peaks?

Yes. Kyle MacLachlan...

Or Mau *expletive deleted*bag, as I call him.

I've NEVER liked his acting.

What's the difference between his acting style and a wooden post?

There isn't any!

[bedlamite]

Mike Irwin keeps pace with the storm.

[makattak]

Yes. Kyle MacLachlan...

Or Mau *expletive deleted*bag, as I call him.

I've NEVER liked his acting.

What's the difference between his acting style and a wooden post?

There isn't any!

Are you kidding!? Mr. MacLachlan is amazing!

The only other actor to hold a candle to him is, of course, the great Keanu Reeves.

[TommyGunn]

Are you kidding!? Mr. MacLachlan is amazing!

The only other actor to hold a candle to him is, of course, the great Keanu Reeves.

BOTH of whom are easily outclassed by the fantasmagorical William Shatner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[seeker_two]

BOTH of whom are easily outclassed by the fantasmagorical William Shatner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

.....and his non-biological twin, David Caruso.....

[KD5NRH]

Are you kidding!? Mr. MacLachlan is amazing!

The only other actor to hold a candle to him is, of course, the great Keanu Reeves.

BOTH of whom are easily outclassed by the fantasmagorical William Shatner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

.....and his non-biological twin, David Caruso.....

Weren't the four of them acting coaches for Browncoats Redemption?   

[Doggy Daddy]

Is that the feller from Twin Peaks?

No, no, no.  That's Sean Maher from that movie about the fireflies.

[Perd Hapley]

No, no, no.  That's Sean Maher from that movie about the fireflies.

McLachlan looks more like Robert Vaughn.