Two dead from synthetic cannabis: What new drugs are doing to our bodies
BLUEBERRY Haze, Hawaiian Hybrid, Nitro, Magma, Panama Red Ball — it sounds like a list of cocktails. They are in fact the colourful street names for synthetic cannabis and they mask a truly deadly drug. Two Queenslanders died this week, a 33-year-old man and a 41-year-old man, after taking drugs marketed as a “natural high”. […]
Synthetic cannabis deaths sound alarms in Australia
The deaths of two men—one yesterday and one today—and a rash of recent hospitalizations in Australia, all suspected to result from the use of synthetic cannabis, are focusing attention on a growing worldwide problem. Drug users have been embracing products touted as producing a natural marijuanalike high. The effect is produced by synthetic compounds designed […]