By Kathy Laird, CCN Contributor
Three people, including one juvenile, were arrested at a home in 400 block of East Mansfield Street on Monday night.
Captain Neil Assenheimer of the Bucyrus City Police Department, officers responded to a call at 411 E. Mansfield St., and arrested the homeowner, Tiffany Taylor on an outstanding warrant from Crawford County, along with a 17-year-old juvenile on a warrant from the Crawford County Juvenile Court.
Derrick Meyer, 19, of Bucyrus was also arrested and charged with the abuse of a harmful substance (K-2).
K-2 commonly referred to as “synthetic” marijuana or “Spice” is a highly dangerous and addictive drug.
At its core, K-2 is a blend of industrial chemicals sprayed on dry leaves and lawn clippings often wrapped in brightly colored packages and sold under a variety of brand names with K-2 and Spice being the most common. Because the chemicals used to produce K-2 are constantly changing, the potency varies, law enforcement officials said. K-2 is popular because it’s cheap; often around a dollar per joint. While an ounce of real marijuana goes for around $350 on the street, K-2 would cost about $50, police said.
Capt. Assenheimer warns that this drug is a hit among teens and suggests parents become informed about this drug trend.
According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, users can experience “anxiety and agitation, nausea and vomiting, high blood pressure, shaking and seizures, hallucinations and paranoia and they may act violently.”
Capt. Assenheimer concluded: “This could have been a lot worse, it wasn’t heroin this time but it was a highly addictive and dangerous drug.”