§2.8.5 · Chemicals › Synthetic Cannabinoids

JWH-073

Also known as Spice

Acute: Extreme riskDependency: High risk

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Quick reference

Routes

Smoked

Form

Smoking Mixture

Duration

Onset

30 Seconds

Total duration

2 Hours

Experience

Primary effects

JWH-073 offers some cannabis-like effects, though certain aspects are absent or distorted compared to traditional cannabis, providing a decent experience to those seeking it.

Negatives / side effects

When JWH-073 was available, its safety profile seemed similar to its cousin JWH-018; however, given the later emergence of stronger synthetic cannabinoids, this was probably a positive relative to what was to come.

Reference dosage

Reference ranges from third-party harm-reduction databases. Individual response varies enormously — start lower than you think.

Any route

light	3mg+
common	5mg+
strong	10mg+
heavy	15mg+

Reagent testing

Recommended reagents

Duquenois-Levine Fast Blue B

Expected reactions

Duquenois-Levine	Purple
Fast Blue B	Orange/brown

Adulterant detection: Naphthoylindole synthetic cannabinoid — butyl chain variant of JWH-018.

Same class-detection caveats as JWH-018.

Source

Reference fields and narrative for JWH-073 extracted from The Drug Users Bible by Dominic Milton Trott (MxZero Publishing, 2022).

drugusersbible.com

Harm reduction notice

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