Smoke it while you can …

Everybody loves a new drug. Especially a legal one. Even Huey Lewis.

K2 — synthetic pot — isn’t new, just new to us. Did I mention that it’s legal?

The Kansas City Star made itself useful and gave a free ad to a Lawrence shop selling the stuff:

The Sacred Journey, a botanical store in Lawrence, sells bags of K2 for $15 to $30. A store manager declined to comment, but an employee said K2 should be burnt as incense and isn’t meant to be smoked. A competing brand is marketed online as “plant food.”

But you smokers of the chronic better hurry (and stock up). Kansas state Rep. Peggy Mast is ready to play party pooper (every party has one), talking about making the stuff illegal.

Oh yeah, and K2 hasn’t really been studied. So smoke at your own risk.