Two deaths, 54 other cases of severe bleeding tied to fake weed in Illinois

[yuiyoshida]

(CNN)Synthetic cannabinoids -- often called Spice, K2 or fake weed -- have been tied to 56 cases of severe bleeding, including two deaths, across Chicago and areas in central Illinois.

All of the cases required hospitalization related to coughing up blood, blood in the urine, bloody nose, bleeding gums and other symptoms. Nine of the cases tested positive for brodifacoum, or rat poison, according to a statement from the Illinois Department of Public Health on Monday.

Now, state officials are working to identify any common synthetic cannabinoid products related to those cases and to determine where the products were obtained.


There are still many questions about the illnesses; officials are not aware what exactly caused the drug contamination, but investigators and toxicologists are continuing to evaluate.


"This is the first time we've seen an outbreak of this magnitude in the area," Melaney Arnold, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Public Health, said Monday.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/02/health/fake-weed-illinois-death-bn/index.html

THIS IS NUTS!!! We need to legalize Real weed in all states...

Damn: Bronx Drug Addicts Smoke K2, Got The Streets Looking Like A Cemetery!
https://www.thegudda.com/damn-bronx-drug-addicts-smoke-k2-got-the-streets-looking-like-a-cemetery/

'Zombieland' K2 overdoses outrage Brooklyn leaders
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/ny-metro-overdose-marijuana-20180910-story.html

K2/Spice: What to Know About These Dangerous Drugs
https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/news/20180910/k2-spice-what-to-know-about-these-dangerous-drugs

[samnsara]

1. weed needs to be legal everywhere.. im going out now to open my grow box and take a

..deep breath of legal weed ( which is the name of a local pot store!)

These two deaths were 100% preventable and should be on the shoulders of the gvnt. They are allowing this to happen .

[asiliveandbreathe]

2. Nuts is right! Safety first - KNOW where your cannibis is coming from...

I wonder if there is an update on what the findings are..re - where is the tainted weed coming from...

Surely whoever got sick, sorry to hear, know where they got it!! Certainly NOT from the store!!

[yuiyoshida]

3. right??

Damn: Bronx Drug Addicts Smoke K2, Got The Streets Looking Like A Cemetery!

https://www.thegudda.com/damn-bronx-drug-addicts-smoke-k2-got-the-streets-looking-like-a-cemetery/

[asiliveandbreathe]

4. Who the hell would do that?? - You would think word would get out on the streets...

Dunno....

[Mopar151]

6. This has NOTHING to do with legitimate cannibas.

And I want to slap somebody every time some local newsie used the "synthetic marajuana" line, because it is a smear of legitimate cannibas.

[asiliveandbreathe]

8. Exactly...no argument here...I would say that any politician who gets their funding from

BIGPHARMA,,love to put on the smear campaign....it always comes down to greed.....

[GWC58]

10. Synthetic Marijuana equals

Real Poison! 🤢🤮

[JuJuYoshida]

5. Spice or K2 is EXTREMELY scary and dangerous

Why anyone would do it is beyond me when you have REAL marijuana legalized in so many states. I don't even want to imagine the kind of high that would put you in a vegetative zombie-like state or KILL YOU.

[Mopar151]

7. Some people are deeply wierd.

Any nasty brew that will produce some sort of effect similar to "high" has fans, somewhere.

[GWC58]

9. In certain states

there’s still a stigma associated with cannabis, as well as those that partake, medicinal or adult use. I’m speaking of states like Kansas, Idaho & South Dakota as examples. Not too sure if those will ever legalize the “demon weed.” 🤪😳 For the record I think K-2, etc. is Demon Weed, or the Devils Lettuce.