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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 The NYPD and the DEA just teamed up to take down a massive synthetic drug ring 🌿The NYPD and the DEA just teamed up to take down a massive synthetic drug ring
The NYPD and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) took down a massive New York City drug ring on Wednesday.
The drug ring was capable of producing thousands of packages of synthetic cannabinoids, a dangerous cocktail of chemicals sprayed onto plant material and meant to mimic the effects of a marijuana high.
The psychoactive drug, also known as K2 or synthetic marijuana, has been known to produceunpredictable, and sometimes deadly effects. The drugs have been responsible for 2,300 emergency room visits in New York City over a recent two month period.
Law enforcement officers seized around 300,000 “street-ready” packages of synthetic cannabinoids from 93 different New York City bodegas and delis and five suspected production warehouses, DEA spokeswoman Erin Mulvey told Business Insider.
The raid also yielded “three truckloads” of precursor chemicals and supplies capable of producing thousands more packages.
In addition, ten individuals were arrested and indicted, including three who are...
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