Synthetic Drug Abuse on the Rise

| 6/18/2012

A 17-year-old Grand Forks boy remains in critical condition after what police are calling an overdose of a synthetic hallucinogen. Police are now warning people in the Grand Forks area about the dangers of all synthetic drugs. Grand Forks Police are seeing more and more cases of people abusing the types of drugs.

Most synthetic drugs are sold as incense and bath salts at smoke shops. The synthetic drug police are dealing with has effects similar to cocaine or heroin. While others may have extracts of hallucinogenic mushrooms. Kids are being sent to the intensive care unit and even put on life support. Doctors say these drugs have the potential of being deadly, even after just one use.

The Grand Forks Police Department says if you have synthetic drugs, incense or bath salts, get rid of them.

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