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Published October 24, 2011, 12:00 AM

Photo gallery: Synthetic marijuana use in Duluth, October 2011


MedTox Laboratories analyzed the ingredients in this product — Smokin’ Camel Potpourri, also known as Kush — and three other brands of synthetic marijuana sold at the Last Place on Earth in Duluth. All four contained “AM-2201,” an analog of a banned compound, which means it, too, is illegal to sell or possess.

  • MedTox Laboratories analyzed the ingredients in this product — Smokin’ Camel Potpourri, also known as Kush — and three other brands of synthetic marijuana sold at the Last Place on Earth in Duluth. All four contained “AM-2201,” an analog of a banned compound, which means it, too, is illegal to sell or possess.
  • Troy O’Hara (right) lights up a pipe filled with No Name synthetic marijuana in Lake Place Park on a recent October morning. O’Hara said he spends about $16 a day for the product. At left is TJ Thilmany. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)
  • A line of people wait to enter the Last Place on Earth, at 120 E. Superior St. in Duluth, on a recent Tuesday morning. There?s a line outside the business almost every day. Many come to buy synthetic drugs. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)
  • Samantha McKinney, 45, smokes a pipe of synthetic marijuana in Lake Place Park recently. She says the drug helps relieve her of an anxiety condition, but she acknowledges that some of her friends have had bad reactions to it. (Bob King /rking@duluthnews.com)