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Informa ii sintetice despre con inutul etnobotanicelor

1. About Synthetic Cannabinoids

The name Spice comes from the Frank Herbert Duneseries of books. The chemicals are spreadon random plant material and packaged sometimes as fragrant, mood affecting incense.

(www.examiner.com/normlinphiladelphia/factsabo!tnews"ntheticdr!gsk#orspice$

The terms Spice and %# refer to commerciall" a&ailable prod!cts that ha&e been spra"ed

with research chemicals called synthetic cannabinoidsb!t do not contain an" cannabis

(mari'!ana$ components.

S"nthetic cannabinoid prod!cts are man!fact!red in sia and then sold in local markets

thro!gho!t the ).S. incl!ding gas stations, li*!or stores, con&enient stores, smoke shops, or on

the +nternet !nder the brand names %#, Spice, -hronic Spice, Spice old, Spice

Sil&er, Stinger, !catan Fire, Sk!nk, 0!lse, 1lack 2amba, 2"ster", 3ed 4

5awn, 6ohai, 2r. 7ice !", Spic"licio!s, %8, %8 9egal, :arth*!ake, or enie.

What is a Synthetic Cannabinoid?

()pdated ;#2ar?H;?H;B8, >?H#D; and/or -0 AB,ACB -=. Ether s"nthetic

cannabinoids incl!de >?H;?H;?H;=?H#;;, >?H#D;, H)#

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2G8;, 2GBC, 2GCA, 2?H prod!cts were named after >ohn ?. H!ffman from -lemson )ni&ersit". 3-S compo!nds appear to ha&e their origins of de&elopment in a single lab in mainland

-hina. ?+7 compo!nds were de&eloped b" Sterling ?inthrop.

Ene report on the internet stated (when talking abo!t the 3-S class of sn"thetic cannabinoids$

that prohibition made the prod!ction of these cannabinoids a h!ge cash cow, and now a self

s!staining independent ind!str".

2. About Khat plant drug and Mephedrone

There are man" frican co!ntries in which the !se of khat is legal and common. %hat is an

amphetaminelike plant dr!g that is the nat!ral prec!rsor of the designer dr!g known as

mephedrone. The ma'or khat!sing co!ntries in frica are commonl" listed as Somalia, %en"a,

emen, :thiopa, Tan@ania, 9esotho. %hat, as one online articlep!t it, is the legal high of east

frica.

The acti&e ingredients in khat cathine and cathinone are similar in str!ct!re to amphetamines,

and chemicall" similar to the ingredients !sed in the man!fact!re of mephedrone powder.

2ephedrone is a socalled designer dr!g. +ts a manmade deri&ati&e of the ps"chostim!lant

cathinone, which comes from the khat plant.

2ephedrone is being disg!ised as bath salts or plant food for black market sales p!rposes.

2ephedrone is sold as A22-, 2eow 2eow, 2-at, and other nicknames. -athine and

cathinone ramp !p dopamine, serotonin and noradrenaline le&els in a manner &er" similar to

amphetamine, with man" of the same positi&e effects (mild e!phoria, red!ced h!nger, increased

energ"$ and the same negati&e effects (depression, fatig!e, lack of appetite, dr!g cra&ing$. +t is

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tho!ght that chronic !se of khat res!lts in dopamine 5# depletion in areas of the brain in&ol&ed

in goaldirected action.

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