A packet of K2, “Spice” or synthetic marijuana can be purchased for as little as $4.99 in several corner stores and delis in Bushwick and throughout the City. The drug is often sold in bright colored packaging featuring smiley faces and cartoon characters who appear to be happily high but the actual consumption of the drug is unpredictable and dangerous.
K2, which is marketed as an incense and marked “Not for Human Consumption,” has caused several deaths in NYC and sent hundreds of consumers to emergency rooms. People losing consciousness in the middle of the street due to the K2 consumption have been said to be a common sight on Myrtle Broadway.
“The amount of people coming to emergency rooms with problems associated with smoking K2 has sky rocketted,” Deputy Inspector Maximo A. Tolentino from NYPD’s 83rd Precinct told us.
