Albany, N.Y. (WNYT) – K2 has a number of names: Spice, Green Giant, Wicked X, and Smacked, just to name a few.
It’s a synthetic drug that is meant to mimic THC, which is the main pyschoactive ingredient of marijunana.
Officials say the suspect in the viral videos viciously beating unsuspecting people on Albany city streets was banned from an Albany shelter this year for being violent and for smoking K2…