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Drill Canadian legal loophole to sell synthetic marijuana great harm to the United States and has a lock-up www.sinonet.org 2013-02-28 RCI [ Copy link ] Font: big in small

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Widely sold in the Canadian market, some synthetic marijuana can make people after smoking, smoking marijuana produces like that kind of reaction. These products have been able to sell Canadian law is drilled loopholes. Canada is currently no legislation relative of such products. However, neighboring countries Canada United States has found that such synthetic marijuana harm to human health, and to prohibit their sale.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) program Reporter survey found that, from Vancouver to St. John's, many stores sell synthetic marijuana, packed in plastic bags of different brands, such as Happy Shaman, K2Grape Xtreme, Project 420 and so on.

Although there are clear instructions on the bag, saying that these substances harm human health, not giving the consumer. However, the clerk will be said that these synthetic herbal incense can be smoked.

The United States has clear regulations do not allow sales of similar herbal incense. July 2012, the U.S. drug enforcement team in the country 109 cities launched raids and arrested more than 90 herbal incense trafficking related personnel.

Ultimately, the drug enforcement team seized 4.8 million bags of the chemical composition of synthetic marijuana, valued at $ 13.6 million. It also seized $ 3.6 million in cash.

However, in Canada, the sale of such synthetic marijuana remains a law enforcement gray area. In 2011, Calgary police have taken over the clean-up operations, and confiscated a lot of similar synthetic marijuana. However, the Alberta Court that will not be the allegations against anyone.

Radio-Canada survey program also found that because the law in this gray area, now herbal incense on such sales, the measures taken by the police in various cities is not the same.

Windsor, Ontario police will one kind of name is "The Izms" bags of herbal incense, sent to Health Canada tested and found that it contains synthetic cannabinoids. Police said that if it contains cannabinoids in Canada, sales or production is illegal.

And The Izms company boss Wu Qi told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reporter interview but said that his company's products are completely legal.

He said, mainly to see whether illegal ingredients inside. And his products cannabinoids and THC cannabis contains true (also called THC) structure is completely different. So, should not be considered as a component of the same material with marijuana, and therefore is not illegal. He also said that at present finds a violation of the law is based on the pharmacological effects, that is, people's reactions after taking these things, it is very doubtful.

However, experts RCMP drug inspection department, said Conor, Wu Qi's argument is very typical producers and users of these products to the defense argument.

Health Canada believes that, if the effect of such herbal incense and marijuana produced similar, it will be identified as controlled substances.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's survey also found that the United States has more about synthetic marijuana and its hazards arising there are more understanding.

According to the U.S. report that warned of drug abuse, in 2010, there are 11,406 Americans because smoking synthetic marijuana and need to see an emergency; also found six states in which 16 people resulting in kidney disease. Thus need to raise public vigilance. Another example is that after smoking synthetic marijuana, a young man racing a car accident, lost their lives.