CDC Report: Synthetic Weed Isn't Cannabis, It's Poison
Synthetic marijuana goes by different names: K2, Spice, AK-47, Geeked up, Smacked, Red Giant, Trippy. These names, which mimic the availability of different strands of marijuana, distract from the foremost fact that synthetic marijuana isn’t like marijuana at all. These pseudo cannabinoids are plant material that are sprayed with chemicals and the effects are unpredictable. They are also addictive and can be up to 100 times more potent than tetrahydrocannabinol, the active ingredient in cannabis.
And synthetic marijuana is also on the rise in the United States, according to a CDC report. In “Acute Poisonings from Synthetic Cannabinoids,” released on Thursday, investigators from the Toxicology Investigators Consortium (ToxIC) report that between 2010 to 2015, 456 patients were treated for synthetic marijuana at hospitals and clinics in cities previously determined as at-risk by ToxIC. Of these medical cases, 277 were caused only by synthetic cannabinoids — the...
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