Synthetic cannabinoids, often called fake weed, have been tied to 56 cases of severe bleeding, and 2 deaths, across Chicago and areas in central Illinois.
All of the cases required hospitalization related to coughing up blood, blood in the urine, bloody nose, bleeding gums and other symptoms. Nine of the cases tested positive for brodifacoum, or rat poison, according to a statement from the Illinois Department of Public Health on Monday.
State officials are now working to identify any common synthetic cannabinoid products related to those cases and to determine where the products were obtained.
There are still many questions about the illnesses; officials are not aware what exactly caused the drug contamination, but investigators and toxicologists are continuing to evaluate.
It is very important to know what you are actually putting in your body when you have the intention of doing drugs. This is very dangerous and the person/people that sold the drugs in the first place should have been more careful.
This relates to the 21st amendment, where prohibition was repealed, hence the usage of drugs and alcohol still today.
Great connection to the prohibition and temperance movement!
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