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Synthetic marijuana prosecutions get mixed results due to legal complications
Spice can be fatal to users, but manufacturers often stay one step ahead of the law by constantly changing the chemicals’ molecular makeup. As a result, charges have been dropped against some dealers while juries have acquitted others.
Synthetic marijuana products like spice and K2 have resulted in mass overdoses across the U.S. But prosecuting manufacturers and distributors has proven more difficult than for cases involving traditional illegal drugs like heroin and cocaine.(DEA)
Over about four years, federal agents arrested hundreds of people and seized their assets in a major multiphase crackdown on synthetic marijuana products known as K2 and spice that transformed some users into zombie-like states or outright killed them.