From
Bloomberg Businessweek:
The owner of a Duluth head shop says a new federal ban on the sale of
five chemicals used to make synthetic marijuana won't make much difference -- he'll just stock brands that use other, still-legal substances.
Synthetic marijuana has been sold in drug paraphernalia shops and on the Internet under various brands including Spice, K2, Blaze and Red X Dawn. The Drug Enforcement Agency's ban affects only five chemicals used in the products.
Carlson said that with about 210 similar chemicals available, the manufacturers will try to keep one step ahead of the government
"Unfortunately he is correct," said Barbara Carreno, a DEA spokeswoman in Washington, who confirmed Tuesday that many suppliers are offering retailers products with new chemicals. "There are many of these substances and we chose five common ones because we don't have the resources to study all of them."