Lawrence was a focal point for the debate in the Statehouse about banning the active ingredient in an herbal substance known as K2.
In November 2009, law enforcement from Johnson County began speaking out against K2, which some say produces a marijuana-like high when smoked. K2 was sold at the Lawrence store Sacred Journey.
After prompting from law enforcement, including Douglas County Sheriff Ken McGovern, bills that banned the ingredients in K2, described as "synthetic cannabinoids," were approved by the Kansas Legislature and signed by the governor.
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- Federal officials again raid Lawrence store at center of K2 controversy
- Sacred Journey closes for most of day
- 01:46 p.m., June 10, 2010 Updated 08:08 p.m.
- Law enforcement officials have again raided a downtown Lawrence store that was once at the center of the K2 controversy.
Video: Charges dismissed in local K2 case
Criminal charges against a Lawrence man at the center of a K2 controversy were dismissed Monday. The man's company Web site says the company is back in business. Watch »
Video: K2 chemicals officially illegal in Kansas
The chemicals in K2 have officially been deemed illegal by Kansas state officials. Watch »
Video: Bill aimed at banning compounds in K2 advances once more
Both the House and Senate have approved bills aimed at taking K2 off the shelves but on Wednesday the Senate Public Health and Welfare approved the House version because it also included making an additional substance illegal. Watch »
Video: Local store owner says targeting unfair
The owner of local business Sacred Journey says she was unfairly targeted by state and federal agents last week. Authorities raided the shop in connection with K2. Watch »
Video: Lawrence store shut down for federal raid
Sacred Journey, a store on Massachusetts Street that sells the herbal mixture K2, was shut down Thursday while officers from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Johnson County Sheriff's Office and Lawrence Police Department investigated. Watch »
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- Sacred Journey owner plans protest rally after K2 raid at her Lawrence business
- FDA won’t discuss ongoing investigation
More K2 Debate
- Ban aimed at drug K2 extended by Drug Enforcement Administration
- March 18, 2012
- The Drug Enforcement Administration has extended a ban for six months on five chemicals found in the smokeable herbal blend known as “K2” or “Spice.”
- Statehouse Live: Gov. Sam Brownback signs into law bill to improve 911 call centers, ‘bath salts’ ban
- May 18, 2011
- The new law imposes a 911 fee of 53 cents per month on each land line and cell phone.
- Criminal charges re-filed against Lawrence man at center of K2 case
- January 6, 2011
- Jefferson County Attorney Caleb Stegall has re-filed criminal charges against a Lawrence man who owns a botanical plant distribution warehouse that has been at the center of the state’s K2 controversy.
- Substance similar to K2 proving popular in area states; law officers say they’re not seeing it in Lawrence
- Local store owners, law enforcement haven’t seen the substitutes yet
- September 17, 2010
- “K2” is back. Well, kind of. The smokable synthetic substance that produces a marijuana-like high was outlawed in Kansas and a dozen other states this year. But crafty chemists have been able to alter the chemical components enough to create legal substitutes, which go by such names as “Heaven Scent,” “K3” or “Syn.”
- Lawmakers nationally taking a look at legislation to regulate K2
- February 17, 2010
- There may be nothing like the real thing, but some industrious marijuana users have seized on an obscure but easily accessible substance that mimics the drug’s effects on the brain—creating a popular trade in legal dope that has stymied law enforcement authoritiesThe users are buying a product known as K2 — or “Spice,” Genie” and “Zohai” — that is commonly sold in headshops as incense.
- Lawrence man charged after Sacred Journey investigation
- Jonathan Sloan charged with multiple counts of manufacturing, distributing controlled substances
- 02:01 p.m., February 5, 2010 Updated 08:04 p.m.
- A Lawrence man was charged with multiple drug offenses Friday after an investigation into Lawrence’s Sacred Journey store and Bouncing Bear Botanicals, another business with a Lawrence mailing address.
- Lawrence’s Sacred Journey closed, under investigation by federal officials
- Store has been the center of K2 sales in the area
- 11:37 a.m., February 4, 2010 Updated 04:49 p.m.
- Lawrence’s Sacred Journey — a store at the center of the K2 controversy in Kansas — was shut down on Thursday, while a federal raid was conducted inside the business.
- House gives final approval to bill to ban K2
- February 3, 2010
- A bill aimed at stopping the spread of synthetic marijuana won the Kansas House’s approval Wednesday, as legislators move quickly to enact what they believe is the nation’s first ban on altered herbs sometimes known as “K2” or “Spice.”
- Ban on K2 advances in the House
- 11:55 a.m., February 2, 2010 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- The Legislature’s march to snuff out K2 continued Tuesday, as the House gave preliminary approval to make illegal the chemicals in the herbal mixture that some say creates a marijuana-like high.
- Woman says K2 eases pain from chronic illness
- 03:24 p.m., January 25, 2010 Updated 04:26 p.m.
- House committee recommends approval of bill aimed at banning herbal mixture
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