Alaska State Troopers revealed on Thursday morning that a Soldotna woman, listed as the co-owner of the Soldotna tobacco store, “Tobacco Distress,” as well as her husband, were arrested and remanded for selling synthetic marijuana on Wednesday. Search warrants were served at the tobacco store, and the home of 33-year-old Phillip and 26-year-old Loren Kneeland, […]
The trooper dispatch reported that an adult male was apprehended at Anchorage’s Nesbett Courthouse after a brief foot chase on Wednesday. According to the report, troopers responded to the 4th Avenue courthouse after receiving a report that a man had challenged the security screeners to a fight after they found that he had attempted to […]
A spike in the number of emergency medical responses suspected to have come from the consumption of synthetic marijuana or “spice” has prompted the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services to reissue a warning to Alaskans against smoking or consuming synthetic marijuana products or “sticks.” These products are often sold as incense in attractive […]
Social work researchers from the University of Washington have found that among a group of active-duty Army personnel who use illicit drugs, the most abused substance is synthetic marijuana, which is harder to detect than other drugs through standard drug tests. The research will be published in the July 2014 issue of Addictive Behaviors, but is already […]