K2 And Spice Research Paper

A hallucinogen is a drug that causes hallucinations. K2/Spice would be considered a hallucinogen. K2/Spice is a drug that portray the same similarities to marijuana. However, K2 is known as ‘synthetic marijuana’ and ‘fake weed’. Spice is made of a mixture of herbs, spices or shredded plant material that is sprayed with a synthetic compound similar to THC, an ingredient in marijuana. To the body Spice would make your eyes red, it would allow your mind to seen things that’s not there, basically having you hallucinate. K2 causes paranoia, panic attacks, and on some occasions griddiness. Spice increases your heart rate and increases your blood pressure. It is often smoked in joints but some make it into a tea. This drug is mostly popular throughout teenagers but the drug is not as known. …show more content…
Sadly there are no scientific studies of how K2 affects the human brain. However, it is stated that Spice users effects are more so extreme that marijuana users. Since Spice is unknown, some of the substances used can cause different effects than a person would expect. It is also stated that Spice could be stored in your body for a longer period of time. This drug affects your emotions part of your brain because it causes you to have different feelings towards certain things and you will be overwhelmed similar to the effects of marijuana. The neurotransmitter that is affected by this drug is dopamine. Dopamine is responsible for feelings of pleasure and euphoria. Euphoria is a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness. K2 affects dopamine because it affects your emotions. Since Spice is considered a depressant, which is a downer, it oftens makes you tired and simply 'down'. K2 increases the amount of dopamine released into your brain. The increase affects your movements, attention, and sometimes memory. Long-term K2 users affect the way their dopamine