Wholesale herbal incense is sometimes called herbal smoke, or legal smoke. This popular substance first appeared in Europe in 2004. Sold originally as Spice Gold, then later as K2, it was quickly followed by other brand names. The products are currently advertised as legal alternatives to marijuana, and users many users find the experience to be similar. The benefits of this product in comparison to real cannabis is that users can smoke it legally, and it does not show up on drug tests. The drawbacks, however, are disconcerting.
In the United States and Canada, the sales of herbal incense products skyrocketed in 2009. The products were extremely popular and often sold for higher prices per gram than cannabis. It was available almost everywhere in “head shops” and fuel stations nationwide. Internet sales were also booming. Some users, however. experienced panic attacks using the drug. Authorities in Europe were them prompted to analyze the blends for active ingredients. Several varieties of synthetic cannabinoids were discovered.
The panic attacks and episodes of severe anxiety reported passed within a few hours, and no cases of long term or permanent injury from these drugs have ever been documented. These still continue to bring on bouts of unusually high anxiety in some users. K2 has been outlawed in some states, and in North Carolina.
Several states in the US began banning the use of JWH-018 and JWH-073, two strains of synthetic cannabiniod found in the products. The substances are outright banned in the United Kingdom and Europe. Some manufacturers of herbal incense have since changed the active ingredients to cannabinoids that have not yet been banned. New synthetic cannabinoids are created almost daily, and are blended in to new blends that are remarkable for various reasons. The fake pot is still selling like crazy and making some people a lot of money, despite its clear dangers to young people, who would be better off using the real thing than ingesting all of these strange chemical substances.
From a business perspective, excluding the obvious ethical issues involved, this is a good time to in the herbal incense industry. So many people are creating, modifying, and using the blends on the market right now, and business is booming.
