Things are strange:

Counter-terrorism chemical labs test for synthetic pot

…None of those are based on real plots, thankfully. So he’s added a new task — helping police in half a dozen states identify “Spice,” a chemical substance that produces a marijuana-like high and has sent hundreds of users to emergency rooms.

“It’s an unknown chemical,” Moran said. “That’s exactly what we would have to deal with in a terrorist attack.”

Using a counter-terrorism lab to test for synthetic marijuana is the latest sign of how a multibillion-dollar national infrastructure built to detect or respond to chemical or biological attacks over the last decade has adapted to the lack of any actual attacks…