The "fake" marijuana, K2, is sending children to the hospital. A form of synthetic marijuana known as “K2″ is sending young peo...
A form of synthetic marijuana known as “K2″ is sending young people to the hospital with racing heart beats, extreme anxiety and hallucinations, toxicologists warn.
In recent months, physicians and toxicologists say more young people have been showing up in emergency rooms after smoking synthetic marijuana. Despite the side effects, K2 is legal in many states, although many state legislators are rushing to pass legislation banning it.
Since the start of 2010, the American Association of Poison Control Centers has received nearly 2,000 reports of people who became ill after smoking K2, compared to about a dozen in 2009. Poison control officials described some of the symptoms as “life-threatening.”
“The classic symptoms are agitation, anxiety, racing heart beat, elevated blood pressure,” Scalzo said. “And some kids are having very negative psychotropic experiences. One said, ‘I felt like I went down to hell’.”
“The classic symptoms are agitation, anxiety, racing heart beat, elevated blood pressure,” Scalzo said. “And some kids are having very negative psychotropic experiences. One said, ‘I felt like I went down to hell’.”
Well damn.
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