Synthetic marijuana is back — as ugly and fatal as ever
by Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune
Apr 10, 2018
4 minutes
AURORA, Ill. - The news seems to have taken everyone by surprise.
Synthetic marijuana is back - as ugly and as fatal as it was the last time we were writing so many headlines about it following the 2011 death of an Aurora teen.
Recently, state officials reported two people died and 56 were sickened recently in the Chicago area and central Illinois after using synthetic pot, popularly known as K2 and Spice.
News reports claimed one fatality was in Kane County, but according to Chief Deputy Coroner Loren Carrera, "we are investigating a death, however, it is way too premature" to link it to synthetic marijuana.
"We don't
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