With Missouri’s ban on a synthetic marijuana looming, the owner of Scentsational Scents by Pam in Kansas City, Mo., is planning to branch out to Nebraska City.
Pam Weber hopes to open Scents by Pam at 104 S. 12th St. prior to Sept. 1. The gift shop will sell perfume, body oils, oil burners, incense and novelties.
It will also sell K2, a chemical substance purported to mimic the effects of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.
The substance, which is sold for about $40 a gram at locations ranging from gas stations to the Internet, has the street names of spice, demon or genie.
Several states, including Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky and Louisiana, have made it illegal.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has recently signed legislation to illegalize the substance there.
Weber said she is not certain how the action will impact her shop in Kansas City, but she plans to branch out to Nebraska, New Mexico, California and Arizona. She said she is already selling K2 at locations in Omaha and Lincoln.
She said she chose Nebraska City for her first expansion shop because of its proximity to Kansas City and the absence of any competition.
She said illegalizing K2 in Missouri was a factor in her decision to branch out.
“It’s always very lucrative and I’m not ready to give it up,” she said.
