- "Spice" Smoking Blend
- Salvia Divinorum
- "Smoke Plus" Smoking Blend
- "Sence" Smoking Blend
- Kratom
- Hawaiian Baby Woodrose Seeds
- Mescaline
- 5-MeO-DMT
Why Spice Smoking Blend is Banned
Legal High ReviewsIf you have been smoking Spice, you will notice that it is greatly similar to cannabis. The flavors are wonderful and the ultimate feeling after smoking is like no other. Heightened sense of sounds, colors and patterns are familiar sensations to Spice smokers. Other effects include relaxation and calmness.
The once legal high that you knew and loved is actually now banned. Spice has been a very controversial substance ever since it appeared on the market. People smoked it as an alternative to cannabis but the effects and the physical makeup of the substance is extremely similar to cannabis. This obviously raised questions for regulators.
Today, Spice is considered a medicinal product and it is illegal to import, sell or market. New Zealand, Austira, Germany and France have made Spice illegal for a long time and the United States has been regulating it. Now the product is completely banned.
Spice, which has been sold as a legal high, actually contains an illegal substance which is why it is banned. After many tests were conducted in New Zealand, the results showed that Spice actually contains the 1,1-dimethyloctyl homologue of the substance CP 47,497. This is a synthetic substance that is similar to the active ingredient of cannabis.
HU-210 is a chemical that is pharmacologically and structurally similar to an active ingredient in marijuana and has been reported to be found in the herbal blend known as Spice. This chemical is responsible for the psychoactive effects of Spice. The chemical was long discovered in marijuana in 1988, but it continues to be used in other products, such as Spice. Drug Regulation agencies are actively trying to put an end to the marketing, importing, exporting and selling of Spice due to the active ingredients found.
What is Spice?
Spice is the name given to the herbal blend that contains a combination of plants and herbs and was once the legal alternative to cannabis. Some of the ingredients in Spice include Canavalia maritima, Scutellaria nana, Leonotis leonurus, Nelumbo nucifera and so on. Many of the herbs and plants in Spice have been used by ritualistic cultures in the past for spiritual, religious and medicinal purposes.
When smokes, the effects of Spice have been almost the same as actual cannabis. In fact, the effects have lasted even longer, which is one reason why many people continued using the blend. There are three different packages of Spice and these have included Spice, Spice Gold and Spice Diamond.
Today, Spice has been added on the list of illegal substances in the market and this is something that Spice users should be aware of. It is important to be safe from the regulations at hand.
20 Comments » Posted on November 5th, 2009
November 5th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
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December 2nd, 2009 at 1:15 pm
So does spice gold show up on drug test, and where can you possibly find it?
December 9th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
This is WRONG. Spice blend is banned, correct. But there are many other brands that do not carry the stuff that is illegal. And they still effect you the same way
December 9th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
What is wrong about the article? There are lots of other smoking blends just look at the other reviews haha. Spice is the only one that is banned in the US.
That is why this blog was set up, so people like you dont go telling everyone misleading information. Plus I will probably never hear back from you haha.
December 10th, 2009 at 9:47 am
Spice blend is not banned in our country. It is still using in India.
December 27th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Where did you get the info that spice is banned? Please povide some documentation! I’m in the USA and have never heard of such a thing, the stuff is being sold all over our town-currently. Please advise.
December 27th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Be a real man, “Ryan” and cite your sources.
December 28th, 2009 at 12:18 am
I will proudly post my sources:
http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drugs_concern/spice/spice_hu210.htm
Read it. I bet you will never get back to me
January 15th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
Spice and other similar products were banned in the UK in December. Personally I was very disappointed, I found it very similar to the real thing, without the problems of getting supply, legality, and workplace drug testing. I’ve since tried a few of the other herbal highs on the market and none really give me any effects – although I’m open to suggestions …
January 23rd, 2010 at 10:25 am
i can get spice here in florida at the smoke shop right by my house
January 29th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
I miss Yucatan Fire. I do hope they make a uk friendly blend. Well since the ban I have tried the following. Tribal warrior, id not try this lots of reports that it contains cancer causing chemicals cocamide. The ingredience just says damiana and preservatives. I then tried the new neder blends, bubble gum and gold. For me a very slight feeling. Waste of cash. Tonight I have got mashed on pulse ultra and thnk it is very good. Took a good gram and a half and 40 mins to reach effect but really good. 1 prob I do have with it is the packet says by buying this product u are agree to the following do not use in an incense burner, ingest, drink or burn the contents of this product. Dnt inhale smoke and is only for collectors purpose. What the hell u supposed to do with it ? Am-hi-co produces it. It works u need a bit more than spice gold to get effect. But what is in it ? Why has the uk gov forced us incense lovers who wantd to be on the right side of the law making us lab rats. Hope im not moaning. Got some mayan bliss 3g frm experience to try tomro. At least they say u can smoke it and they seem to be an honest company. Hurd mixed reviews on New dawn that comes from panama, and im going to buy some new bombay blue when it comes out next week, as the original wasnt that bad. Any one tried any new blend ? Just want my spice and yucatan fire back. I had given up weed for 4 years. Since the ban have bought it twice. Shame on you to the british government. It was good for me and you force me to be a lab rat and go back to what I didnt want to do. Hey everyone hope some of my info helps and sorry for the rant
February 1st, 2010 at 7:06 am
are you guys serious???? dam
February 12th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
ok check it out, i live in mormonville utah. down town slc and all i have to do is walk to any smoke shop in slc, or utah! for that matter and i can get 5 grams and smoke it outside and not get in trouble. and believe me, i’ve been stopped by cops a couple of times, there wasn’t shit they could do except “next time try to smoke at home” that’s it.
peace
one love
February 13th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
i might sound like the ohters but really if it is so against the law then why can u get it almost any where in idaho and utah? really and they are the mormon cap. if the world. i just dont get it they are harsh on selling glass pipes in idaho but they do it in utah and the are still selliing spice. i guess what i am asking if the spice the sell in the store like black mamaba. if it does not contain the illegal compound or what. because it has very good effects? and y does it noe show on a piss test?
February 20th, 2010 at 11:23 am
spice is not illegal in the us,they would like for it to be,but for the time being the only states that regulate it are kansas and mossourri,i live in california and its everywhere. hu-210 and jwh-018 are legal aswell and can be ordered off the internet,your information concerning legality is slightly off
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:11 am
i only actually got to try spice once, and it was really good, but after they made that illegal i started to try some of the other ones, up until they banned them all in December… i used to love Yucatan fire too, not the tastiest legal smoke but wow, such a euphoric high. as for the second generation ones, I’ve tried new dawn by the way and it’s shit, cost me £24 for 3 grams and all it does to me is make me a bit sleepy, and tastes like shit, so complete waste of money…
as for the Mayan ones, they are good if you like salvia… i bought Mayan journey and it turned out to just be salvia mixed up with some other herbs to flavour it. not bad, but it’s not a cannabis alternative as there aren’t any cannabinoids in it, it gets you stupidly high in a salvia way for 10 minutes if you bong it.
my favourite pre-ban smoke was ex-ses gold or spicey xxx, the new versions of these, like the Tribal Warrior Ultimate and the new ex-ses’s, just seem to be the same stuff as before with different cannabinoids in than before. They have that same friendly “ground up bud” look, and that fruity taste, and they still get me nicely baked, but the buzz wears off a lot quicker than it did with the old ones, so I’ve decided to just not bother with the legal ones anymore. Afterall, I’ve got a good source of tasty weed now, and i think what everyone is forgetting is that the safest cannabis-like smoke is indeed cannabis itself, not these herb and chemical mixtures put together by some company who doesn’t even say what’s really in them and don’t recommend smoking it. weed is pure and natural with no additives (unless you’re getting that contaminated shit) so my advice to you all who want to get high is go buy some weed, fuck legality
February 27th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
i live in utah too and have been on probation for 1 month so far and having tried black mamaba, mr spicy green, and spizzle spice, i must say that spizzle spice scares me it looks very much like it has crystals similar to thc and looks like some dank bud ground up. i smoked 2 small bowls and was more baked then back when i smoked a joint of bud to myself. very potent stuff.
i did find that if i had smoked a bowl of bud then a bowl of spice the spice didnt really phase me. after 1 day bud free the spice really hit hard. the less bud you smoke the better ur spice high will be.
March 4th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
I don’t understand how it’s banned. I just went down to my local smoke shop today and bought some blueberry flavored spice and boy was it good
March 6th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
I’m with yoshi and hayze, I’m in utah and nothings legal here, but spice seems to be. Tried it once and it was a lot like mj, and comparably expensive. But on the other side a couple bong hits and sit back and enjoy. If it was illegal I sure couldn’t go to the head shop and buy it. But there are different qualities. Tried some that someone got from a gas station, real cheap but apparently not effective. I got the brand posh and it was pretty potent.
March 7th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
yeah;I totally agree! Ive never seen the brand you mentioned,but I just got back from the A.G.E.and C.H.A.M.P. shows in Vegas;and I was doing a little ,well allot of research on;what turned out to be “spice wars”2010! there were so many different labels and products it was hard to keep the samples separated to even begin to compare and nearly impossible to identify the basic herbal ingredients just by sight and smell? One “brand”was so “ugly”it looked like “bug wings&cigarette butts”and I couldn’t bring myself to even consider it!on the other hand some of the fresh, & loamy,herbs turned out to be just cheap fillers,far removed from the rare and carefully balanced combination of herbs and wild flowers that was basis for the herb/ally euphoric ,zen effect & soothing alternative to THC..Only a few still consider these; MAGIC/SILVER&GOLD,CALIFORNIA DREAMS {flavors}try vanilla.{for effect}black mamba & big bang.and for both “ARMAGEDDON”hands down.and although I’m back at home,I still have yet to return from my trip!.