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‘You sold my son bath salts. I’ll kill you’: Furious father smashes up shop that sold boy legal drugs which left him in hospital

A mother was charged with trespassing two weeks ago after she started shouting at staff in a shop that sold ‘bath salts’ These drugs can be sold legally in the US as long as they are not marked for human consumption In high doses, the chemicals can cause violent behaviour and terrifying hallucinations into a rage and smashed up a ... Read More »

The challenges of synthetic marijuana

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Monday afternoon the Contact 5 Investigators were undercover, inside a Martin County beverage shop.  We were hunting for synthetic marijuana. “He would do anything to get his hands on it,” explained a local mother who asked us not to reveal her identity to protect her son. Her interview with the Contact 5 Investigators is the ... Read More »

cracking down on synthetic marijuana

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Monday afternoon the Contact 5 Investigators were undercover, inside a Martin County beverage shop.  We were hunting for synthetic marijuana. “He would do anything to get his hands on it,” explained a local mother who asked us not to reveal her identity to protect her son. Her interview with the Contact 5 Investigators is the ... Read More »

Synthetic marijuana abuse growing, officials say

By Jessica Cohen Over the last year, synthetic marijuana has become the wild card in “substance abuse cocktails” in the Port Jervis area, landing teens and adults in intensive care units for days at a time, local officials say. The drug is a combination of herbs, spices and cannabanoids, chemically related to cannabis, according to the New York state Office of ... Read More »

National sweep targets producers of bath salts, synthetic marijuana

An earlier version of this report indicated that one of the raids took place on Staten Island. Our source for that information now reports that no Staten Island connection has been verified. Staten Island Advance/Anthony DePrimoSynthetic marijuana, sold under the names Mr. Smiley and Spice, was purchased by the Advance in this Nov. 11, 2010 file photo. Today, officials will ... Read More »

Williamsville man charged in synthetic marijuana bust

In the eyes of prosecutors, Fawzi Al-Arashi was more than a small time drug dealer. He was a wholesaler, they say, a dealer who bought his synthetic marijuana in California, repackaged it at an Amherst warehouse and resold it across New York State. Al-Arashi, 34, of Williamsville, was charged Wednesday after a search of his Ridge Lea Road warehouse turned ... Read More »

Synthetic Marijuana Gives Users Legal High

Across the country, demand for a synthetic form of marijuana is soaring. Unlike the real thing, this drug – called spice or K2 – is legal in most states. Now, a handful of lawmakers are taking action. This week Missouri became the sixth state to ban the use of K2. It’s a designer drug fad fueled online, CBS News Correspondent Seth ... Read More »

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