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SPICE IS NOT NICE
My son, Adam had served in the Navy for 8 years and was planning on re-enlisting. But on June 20, 2012 he passed away. He died because he had been smoking spice. Most of the time when I ask people if they have heard of spice, 99% of the time the answer is no.
Spice is a "legal" synthetic marijuana that can be easily bought at head shops, smoke shops, gas stations, internet.... Even though military are not supposed to take drugs, many of the kids do because regular drug testing does not pick up spice and will give a false negative. I never worried about drugs because I knew that my son was being tested every once in a while.
There are drug tests for spice but companies that make it are always changing the chemicals. So if the drug test is testing for chemicals ABC but DEF was smoked, it will give a false negative. I am trying to spread the word about this deadly drug. I have created a website, www.spiceisnotnice.org I encourage you to view it and educate yourself.
Ruth Rivas
El Paso, TX
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Permalink Reply by dragon7 on
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Thank you for sharing this. I have never heard of it. My heart breaks for you and your loss. May God bless and comfort you.
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Permalink Reply by thankful45 on
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Ruth, I am so very sorry for your loss....thank you for sharing your story and this information. I have not heard of spice either and will surely pass along this information to my sailor and other children.
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Permalink Reply by Helen, T-man's mom on
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Ruth,
I'm so sorry for your loss. My heart is breaking for you. A friend of my son's was kicked out of the Navy because he was caught smoking spice. He got a less than honorable discharge. He can't get a job because of it. Spice is very bad. I will be praying for you and your family.
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Permalink Reply by momCatherineV on
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I am sorry for your loss. My son told me a couple of years ago about spice. Thankfully he wasn't smoking it. I had went to visit him and we were talking about things. It was being sold here in Texas, and I think about a year ago they finally outlawed it. Again, I am very sorry for your loss.
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