Health ministry in Austria imposed an immediate ban on the sale and distribution of the herbal incense “Flavor“, which some people have taken to smoking for its hallucinogenic and psychodelic effects.
Smoking mixture Flavor, which is sold legally in a number of countries as an exotic herbal smoking blend that releases a rich cologne when burned, would be banned from sale immediately in Austria because a cannabis-like substance, synthetical cannabinoid JWH-018, had been establish in it, the ministry said in a statement.
While the effects of taking the substance JWH-018 had not yet been fully determined, the risks were deemed to be high, the statement added. Thus, an immediate 14-day ban had been imposed until a more permanent ruling could be reached, the statement said.
Which smoking mixes contains JWH-018?
The herbal incense mixtures with names such as Flavor Silver, Flavor Gold, Chillin XXX, Flavor Diamond, Yucatan Fire, Flavor Arctic Synergy, Flavor Tropical Synergy, Flavor Egypt, are currently freely available in Europe.
While initially marketed as an incense, posts on Internet forums ardent to drug use have extensively praised the effects of the mixtures when smoked. Flavor has been banned in Switzerland since the end of last year.
Public authorities in the German city of Frankfurt recently commissioned a specialist pharmaceuticals laboratory, THC Pharm, which makes medicinal substances from cannabis, to examine Flavor Diamond, Flavor Gold and Yucatan Fire samples and establish the substance JWH-018 in all of them.
James Buck is a instant vehicle insurance lawyer of Iowa car insurance outfit and his occupation is to compile compulsory vehicle insurance observation weekly. Question him where to look for affordable automotive insurance prices on his site.
