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Synthetic Weed Is Causing Scary Bleeding Again
At least 41 cases of uncontrolled bleeding and two deaths after taking the drugs have been reported in Florida this week, echoing similar cases in 2018.
ByEd Cara
Yesterday 1:49PM
Dozens of Florida residents have been hospitalized with uncontrolled bleeding and at least two have died after they took synthetic cannabinoid products, local health officials reported this week. The outbreak bears an uncanny resemblance to a string of bleeding cases across the country that occurred in 2018, which were ultimately tied to designer drugs laced with a common ingredient used in rat poison. But it’s not yet clear whether the same ingredient is responsible for these newer cases.
Officials from the Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County were the first to sound the alarm over the weekend, followed by Florida Poison Control officials. As of this afternoon, according to poison control officials, at least 41 people are known to have been hospitalized with symptoms after having taken a synthetic cannabinoid product, while two have died...
Synthetic Weed Is Causing Scary Bleeding Again
At least 41 cases of uncontrolled bleeding and two deaths after taking the drugs have been reported in Florida this week, echoing similar cases in 2018.
ByEd Cara
Yesterday 1:49PM
Dozens of Florida residents have been hospitalized with uncontrolled bleeding and at least two have died after they took synthetic cannabinoid products, local health officials reported this week. The outbreak bears an uncanny resemblance to a string of bleeding cases across the country that occurred in 2018, which were ultimately tied to designer drugs laced with a common ingredient used in rat poison. But it’s not yet clear whether the same ingredient is responsible for these newer cases.
Officials from the Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County were the first to sound the alarm over the weekend, followed by Florida Poison Control officials. As of this afternoon, according to poison control officials, at least 41 people are known to have been hospitalized with symptoms after having taken a synthetic cannabinoid product, while two have died...