In the article "Kyle Moves to band synthetic marijuana" on Statesman.com, Patrick George reports on the efforts of the Kyle City Council to make the sale of a "pot substitute" illegal. This "substitute" is called K2 as well as Spice and is "an herbal product" (like marijuana?) "sprayed with chemicals". Side effects may include " vomiting, hallucinations, elevated blood pressure" and the vague "other health problems". I know of video game levels with similar side effect warnings and at least one episode of Pokemon that caused seizures. Personally I don't think any of these side effects are anything to get too worked up about.
Fortunately, Kyle City mayor Lucy Johnson agrees with me. She would prefer the council to focus on "real drugs" and I agree with her. Johnson doubts that K2 is problematic in the city and again, I agree with her. As a college student in a larger city (a group which is among the most frequent of drug users) I had never heard of either K2 or Spice which leads me to believe it is not as rampant as the Kyle City Council would have you believe.
I would suggest this article for several reasons. For one, George does an absolutely wonderful job of reporting unbiasedly, leaving the reader to decide whether the council is overacting or not and also gives good information on the drugs along with both sides of the story. Another reason I would suggest this article is because I believe it is a prime example of not only Texas politics but also US politics in the possible overreaction of the Kyle City Council. I also enjoyed this article because it gave me some hope that some politicians, such as Mayor Johnson, are still focused on what needs to be focused on, such as the "real drugs".
But that's just a student's perspective.
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