Despite What The NYPD Says, Synthetic Pot Will Not Turn You Into The Hulk

Experts told BuzzFeed News that, contrary to what New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton wants the public to believe, synthetic marijuana does not give people “superhuman strength.”

NEW YORK — He might as well have been talking about the Incredible Hulk, or narrating the plot of a later-day Reefer Madness.

On Tuesday, New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton painted a terrifying picture of the effects of synthetic marijuana. Speaking at a news conference at police headquarters, the head of the NYPD said that users of the product known as “K2” or “Spice” can acquire “superhuman strength” and “imperviousness to pain.”

But it turns out the commissioner was at least partially wrong.

Bratton was trying to convince reporters of the dangers of synthetic marijuana, a designer drug of dubious legality that consists of a blend of herbs sprayed with a variety of psychoactive chemicals. The drug, which is often sold under...

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