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Reply With QuoteI could careless about K2...but the rest is just retarded. So I guess everyone who rolls their own cigarettes are screwed too. Glad I don't live in Dallas.
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local-bea...100478044.html
Dallas is the latest North Texas city to ban synthetic marijuana and salvia divinorum -- and the city is also going further. Starting Sunday, the use, possession and sale of the substances will bring a citation and a fine of up to $2,000.
Dallas Police Chief David Brown, Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway and Mayor Tom Leppert called for the ban, saying K2 a dangerous substance that is spreading among youth and adults in Dallas.
"More and more kids are using these products because they create the same effects as illegal drugs but currently are legal and easy to get," Leppert said in a July 29 press release. "The fake marijuana and salvia are just as dangerous as the real thing, and we need to move now to stop them from being sold and used."
The ordinance also seemingly bans tobacco papers, pipes, bongs and every other item a person could possibly use to smoke with. Dallas is banning the use and possession of "paraphernalia used or intended to be used to introduce synthetic cannabinoids or salvia divinorum into the human body."
Synthetic marijuana, or "spice," is a mixture of herbs and synthetic cannabinoids sold as incense. Salvia divinorum is a plant native to Mexico.
Spice is sold at gas stations and smoke shops under the name "K2," "Spice Gold," "Spice Yucatan Fire" and other names. Salvia divinorum, known as Diviner's Sage, is sold under the names "Sally D" or "Magic Mint." The substances can also be bought on the Internet.
When inhaled, both can produce a high similar to marijuana and can currently be purchased by anyone.
Synthetic cannabinoids, which were developed by some university medical researchers, mimics the effects of the ingredient in marijuana that causes a high but were not designed for human consumption, the Washington Post reported.
Councilwoman Angela Hunt was the only council member to vote against the ban, according to the Dallas Morning News.
Also on Wednesday, Van Alstyne and Highland Village passed similar K2/Salvia bans.
Three Denton teenagers called 911 seeking medical help for smoking K2 within 10 days in May.
"K2 Incense is just that: Incense, and is not sold or intended for human consumption," K2-Incense.com, a company that sells the product, said in an e-mail in May.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is testing K2, which is manufactured in the United States and aboard, the Washington Post reported. But testing is difficult because it is made of several substances, the newspaper reported.
In June, Mansfield became the first North Texas to city to ban the sale of K2 to anyone younger than 21. Cleburne also limits sales. Frisco, Plano, Allen, McKinney, Duncanville and Watauga have bans on sale of the incense.
State Sen. Florence Shapiro and State Rep. Ken Paxton said they'll push for a statewide ban in coming months.
I could careless about K2...but the rest is just retarded. So I guess everyone who rolls their own cigarettes are screwed too. Glad I don't live in Dallas.
so there go my cigarettes and hookah
Dallas, Plano and Frisco have all done it. I can imagine Denton will be along for the ride soon, what with those stupid kids "overdosing" on it.
[17:18] damnredtower: youre a smooth little white
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Gammah - TtiuwojailtimeOriginally Posted by Robin T Fine
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yep, looks like in dallas pretty much everything except for papers is illegal. From the final ordinance:
“SEC. 31-32.1. ILLEGAL SMOKING PRODUCTS AND RELATED PARAPHERNALIA
PROHIBITED.
(a) In this section:
(1) ILLEGAL SMOKING PARAPHERNALIA means any equipment, device, or
utensil that is used or intended to be used in ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the
human body an illegal smoking product, which paraphernalia includes but is not limited to:
(A) a metal, wooden, acrylic, glass, stone, plastic, or ceramic pipe with or
without a screen, permanent screen, hashish head, or punctured metal bowl;
(B) a water pipe;
(C) a carburetion tube or device;
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(D) a smoking or carburetion mask;
(E) a chamber pipe;
(F) a carburetor pipe;
(G) an electric pipe;
(H) an air-driven pipe;
(I) a chillum;
(J) a bong; or
(K) an ice pipe or chiller.
(2) ILLEGAL SMOKING PRODUCT means any substance, however labeled and
regardless of whether the substance is marketed for the purpose of being smoked, which includes any
one or more of the following chemicals:
(A) Salvia divinorum, including:
(i) all parts of the plant, whether growing or not;
(ii) the seeds of the plant;
(iii) any extract from any part of the plant; and
(iv) any compound, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the
plant, its seeds, or its extracts, including Salvinorin A;
(B) 2-[(1R,3S)-3-hydroxycyclohexyl]-5-(2-methyloctan-2-yl)phenol (also
known as CP47, 497) and homologues;
(C) [(6aS,10aS)-9-(hydroxymethyl)-6,6-dimethyl-3-(2-methyloctan-2-yl)-6a,
7,10,10a-tetrahydrobenzo[c]chromen-1-ol] (also known as HU-211 or Dexanabinol);
(D) 1-pentyl-3-(1-napthoyl)indole (also known as JWH-018);
(E) 1-butyl-3-(1-napthoyl)indole (also known as JWH-073); or
(F) 1-pentyl-3-(4-methoxynaphtholy)indole (also known as JWH-081).
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(b) A person commits an offense if, in the city, he:
(1) possesses, buys, sells, offers for sale, delivers, or transfers any illegal smoking
product;
(2) causes any illegal smoking product to be sold, delivered, or transferred to
another person;
(3) uses, inhales, ingests, or otherwise introduces into his body any illegal smoking
product; or
(4) uses or possesses with the intent to use any illegal smoking paraphernalia to
inhale, ingest, or otherwise introduce into his body any illegal smoking product.
(c) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that an illegal smoking product or illegal
smoking paraphernalia was:
(1) in the possession of a peace officer, or a person acting under the authority of a
peace officer, acting in the performance of official duties;
(2) in the possession of or being used by a governmental entity for a health,
research, education, or similar program;
(3) in the possession of or being used by a medical, educational, or research institute
operating in compliance with all applicable city ordinances and state and federal laws;
(4) possessed or used by a person under a prescription issued by a licensed
physician or dentist authorized to prescribe controlled substances in the State of Texas; or
(5) possessed or used by a person as part of a bona fide religious ritual or ceremony.
(d) A person violating a provision of this section is, upon conviction, punishable by a fine
not to exceed $2,000. A person commits a separate offense for each day or part of a day during which
a violation is committed, continued, or permitted.
(e) The culpable mental state required for the commission of an offense under this section
is governed by Section 1-5.1 of this code.”
[17:18] damnredtower: youre a smooth little white
guy
Gammah - Ttiuwojailtime
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i wonder if they classify hookahs as bongs and water pipes. in rereading that, it bans wooden pipes too. Which would mean that a regular ol tobacco pipe is illegal.
thats fucking outrageous. I wonder how that will be enforced.
[17:18] damnredtower: youre a smooth little white
guy
Gammah - Ttiuwojailtime
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so i guess all head shops are gonna be closed down in Dallas?
Glad i hardly ever go to that shit hole city.
*sings*
Get it on
Ban a bong
Get it on
Do you even know anything about paper? It's not like steel. YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT PAPER IN A FURNACE? YOU RUIN IT!
Dod you go to Plano or Frisco? Or are those shithole cities too?
[17:18] damnredtower: youre a smooth little white
guy
Gammah - Ttiuwojailtime
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www.myspace.com/etaine
Yep, that's the first thing I thought of. Going to be a lot of old men pissed off about that one. I have a feeling it'll be overturned, or at least the smoking apparatus part of it.
I'd really like to [verb] with you sometime. You have a/an [adjective] [body part].
Last time i was in Frisco was 2003 or 2004, last time i was in plano was a couple years.
I stay on the 817 side of DFW.
I can see the ban of K2 in Denton, but not sure about the rest. Still very much a college town with one of the best jazz programs being at UNT. I don't think closing down our headshops will fly in this town. We will wage war!so there go my cigarettes and hookah
Dallas, Plano and Frisco have all done it. I can imagine Denton will be along for the ride soon, what with those stupid kids "overdosing" on it.
*goes back to home made gravity bongs*
Last edited by John B; 08-12-10 at 02:18 PM.
I hope they don't ban apples too
what about light bulbs and tin foil?
[17:18] damnredtower: youre a smooth little white
guy
Gammah - Ttiuwojailtime
TSL Productions
www.myspace.com/etaine
what about bible paper and paper towell rolls?? if theres a will, theres a way. lol
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