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  • Over-the-Counter ‘Diet Weed’ Is the New Go-To for Teens, Worrying Scientists — and Symptoms Are Hard to Spot

    03/15/2024 1:30:33 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 28 replies
    New York Post ^ | March 15, 2024 | Alex Mitchell
    New medical research in the Journal of the American Medical Association has found that 11% of high school seniors admit to using a prevalent and easily accessible synthetic marijuana, known as delta-8 THC. That number translates to “at least one or two students in every average-sized high school class,” according to Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. A lack of federal regulation means there’s no age restriction on the over-the-counter product, found readily in gas stations, online and in convenience stores in many states — leaving experts worried.
  • Fake Weed, Real Drug: K2 Causing Hallucinations in Teens

    03/04/2010 7:04:40 AM PST · by Jersey Republican Biker Chick · 58 replies · 1,204+ views
    LiveScience.com via Yahoo News ^ | 03/04/2010 | Jeanna Bryner LiveScience Managing Editor
    Teens are getting high on an emerging drug called "fake weed," a concoction also known as K2 and "spice" that is also causing hallucinations, vomiting, agitation and other dangerous effects. In the last month, Dr. Anthony Scalzo, a professor of toxicology at Saint Louis University, has seen nearly 30 cases of teenagers experiencing these adverse effects after smoking the fake weed, a legal substance that reportedly offers a marijuana-like high.