33 People Collapse in the Street at the Same Time After Smoking Synthetic Marijuana K2
More than 30 people had to be taken to hospital in New York after a mass-overdose of synthetic marijuana, police have said.
They collapsed or were barely able to walk in the same neighbourhood of Brooklyn after smoking K2.
Witnesses reported seeing victims lying on the pavement, shaking and leaning against trees and fire hydrants.
In total 33 people were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. It was not immediately clear what drugs the victims had ingested, but police said some of the victims had been smoking K2, also known as synthetic marijuana.
Dennis Gonzalez, of Bushwick, told WNBC-TV that K2 use in that part of Brooklyn was out of control.
The use of K2 in the area has been described as being ‘out...
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