The Dangers of Synthetic Weed
The Dangers of Synthetic Weed – Hospital staff removed Emily breathing tube and stopped all medication and nourishment at 1:15 pm December 16. Only morphine flowed into her body, as the family waited by her side in her final moments. But the next morning, she was still alive. “Good morning, I love you,” her mother told Emily as she approached the bed. A hoarse voice whispered back, “I love you too.” Emily was back. Her family said the drug that landed Texas, teenager, in the ICU two weeks earlier wasn’t bought from a dealer or offered to her at a party. It was a form of synthetic weed packaged as “potpourri” that she and friends bought at a gas station. Synthetic marijuana was linked to 11406 drug-related emergency room visits in 2010, according to a report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. This is when it first started showing up on health providers’ radar, as the Drug Abuse Warning Network detected a measurable number of emergency visits. Who wound up in the emergency room the most? Children ages 12 to 17. The first state laws banning synthetic drugs popped up in 2010. Now at least 41 states and Puerto Rico have banned them. Older legislation targeted specific versions of the drug, but the makers of Spice were a step ahead. “These drug manufacturers slightly change the chemical compound, and it becomes a different substance that’s not covered by the law, That’s why in 2011 and 2012, we saw the states enacting these broader language bans.” Common side effects to smoking …
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