Tampa Tribune: “One person might not have much of a reaction, but the next person who does it is dead. There’s no consistency in the chemistry.”
Posted on April 20, 2015
While some users of spice might experience a marijuana-like high, Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco said that description can be dangerous and misleading.
“I’m not a chemist, but what I can say is that spice should be equated more to PCP and meth than marijuana,” said Nocco, noting that spice problems in Pasco arose around 2011. “They called it ‘synthetic marijuana,’ but in retrospect, they probably should have called it ‘synthetic PCP’ or ‘synthetic meth.’
“I’ve been out there before and had to chase a kid down, a young adult, and this guy literally looked like a zombie, he was so zoned out. He had baggies of spice, and it was clear that he had been smoking it. “Unfortunately, based on how he was that day, I don’t know how he’ll ever be a functioning adult.”