A street drug made of various chemicals sprayed on tea leaves, grass clippings and other plant material continues to send thousands of people suffering from psychotic episodes and seizures to emergency rooms around the country.
In 2015, calls to poison control regarding the drug already have almost doubled, compared to last year's total, and health professionals and lawmakers are struggling to keep up with the problem.
Some call the drug K2, or spice. It's also widely known as "synthetic marijuana," because the key chemicals in the spray are often man-made versions of cannabinoids, a family of psychoactive substances found in marijuana.
But the ingredients and concentrations used in this street drug vary widely, and it can be very different from marijuana in its effects.
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2 comments:
It isn't "synthetic marijuana", it's unknown, unregulated chemicals sprayed on tea leaves and lawn clippings.
It's crap.
Real marijuana isn't going to endanger lives.
All of the 500+ catchy names it's been called were created to entice users and sell the product. There are no standards for what chemicals are used or how much of each of them is in a dose. Nor are there any laboratory standards for the production of the chemicals themselves, so sloppy work and totally unknown additives can be additional risks for users.
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