Drug producers are capitalising on the rise of vaping to sell a liquid form of “spice” – an illegal synthetic substance nicknamed “zombie” – to unwitting customers. Suppliers of Kronic Juice, which is being shipped into the UK labelled as a harmless e-liquid, refuse to disclose the ingredients, referring only to a “patent pending flavour enhancer”. However, laboratory tests commissioned by the Observer found it to contain a strain of synthetic cannabis that was banned in 2016. But now tests reveal that Kronic Juice, bought from the company’s website and shipped to London, contains a class-B drug. The National Crime Agency said that it worked to “disrupt the online supply of drugs to the UK” but added that synthetic cannabis was not a “key priority”.

Source: The Guardian September 22, 2018 15:00 UTC