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05/10/2018 / By Edsel Cook

More than 100 people have become sick by smoking synthetic marijuana contaminated with rat poison

An article in LiveScience reports that more than 100 people in five states have ended up in the hospital or even losing their lives after smoking synthetic marijuana. Experts believe the drug is tainted by rat poison that caused severe bleeding in users. The first such incidents took place at the start of March 2018. Before the […]

05/03/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Did the DEA really just give Insys approval to develop synthetic cannabis despite the company’s history of corruption and abuse?

Everyday Americans are still prohibited in the year 2018 from growing and using all-natural cannabis due to federal restrictions that unjustly classify the herb as a Schedule I “drug” with no acceptable or valid use by humans. But a pharmaceutical corporation with an extensive rap sheet of illegal activity has just been given the go-ahead […]

05/05/2016 / By Claire Rankin

What synthetic cannabis does to your brain

Synthetic cannabis is the term used for artificial, chemical compounds that mimic THC, the psychoactive compound of cannabis. Synthetic forms of cannabis are very potent and dangerous and are linked to deaths and illnesses. A synthetic chemical is sprayed onto a base material (often plant-based). The resultant product attempts to mimic the effect of natural […]

05/03/2016 / By Claire Rankin

Synthetic cannabis causes death and serious illnesses among prisoners in the UK

Synthetic cannabis is the term used for artificial, chemical compounds that mimic THC, the psychoactive compound of cannabis. Synthetic forms of cannabis are very potent and dangerous and are linked to deaths and illnesses among prison inmates in Britain. Natural marijuana gains its psychoactive compounds from a cannabinoid known as THC. Synthetic marijuana is completely […]

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