Synthetic Drugs

A synthetic opioid created in the 1970’s has made an appearance in parts of Texas recently, and health officials are concerned about the dangers associated with it.
At least 2 North Texans have been hospitalized after using the drug, U-47700, according to officials with the North Texas Poison Center. Dr. Joann Schulte, a toxicologist with the North Texas Poison Control Center said of the dangerous substance:

“No matter how you want to party – I don’t think anyone wants to die.”

According to recent reports, poison control centers are seeing a huge spike in cases involving use of synthetic marijuana, which has sent nearly thousands to seek medical care.

“The American Association of Poison Control Centers says more than 1,900 calls related to synthetic pot have been made since the start of the year. That is four times more than there were at this point last year.” – Reported by CBS News.

(Natural Society) A recent headline appeared as follows: New Synthetic Drug ‘Flakka’ Triggers Crazed Behaviors. According to public health and medical authorities, the “use of the chemical-cousin to ‘bath salts’ appears to be on the rise.” The extreme symptoms associated with the use of flakka are quite easy to spot, and therefore its overuse easy to recognize.