your family orgac killer >> Newsfourjax I team investigation of a popular are
marketed as a natural
painkiller one that can be
bought of several local smoke
shops. It’s
a legal substance that comes
from a tropical tree in
Southeast Asia and Arlington
couple says it killed their 25
year-old son and they tell I
team investigator Jennifer
Waugh they believe it is just a
matter of time
before someone else’s child
dies from taking it too.
Richie was.
He excelled in everything
he did.
>> Richie Nelson graduated from
Georgia Tech as an engineer, he
was an eagle Scout loved to
play chess. As a child he was a
proud big brother.
His parents were excited to see
what their 25 year-old would do
next until.
>> My boyfriend is taking heat
having a seizure. He’s having a
seizure. I think so.
>> One February night. He
awake.
>> Inside rolls in making
noises but I don’t think he’s
awake.
>> Something happened to Ricci
we got a phone call from
his girlfriend and we he’s
never had a seizure seizure by
the time his parents arrived at
the hospital. He
said well for your son’s heart
wasn’t beating when the
paramedics got there and they
never got it.
He just go oh come on your kidney. Richie
kidney. Richie was healthy. He did have a
problem with alcohol when he
was younger but had been sober
for 2 years. The M e couldn’t
find anything an autopsy found
no illegal drugs no alcohol
for months his parents had
no explanation, why their 25
year-old son died until this
was found in Ricci’s car.
A package of
he plant based green powder
that claims to boost energy
decreased pain ease anxiety.
Could this have been what
killed
their son. The medical examiner
had not tested for Creighton
the first time.
This time Ritchie at 4 times
the lethal dose
an assist normally they don’t
test for that Ricci had 1900
nanograms in his system.
He died of Creighton poisoning.
His parents have no idea why he
was taking it. They say he
might have used it to help stay
awake. He was working long
hours on a project to work and
because it’s an herb I don’t
think he thought it could hurt.
And when you see the package.
It’s amazing the price of it is
right over that the warnings.
So I accidently killed himself
for 2999.
Creighton is not illegal. It’s easy to buy it many local
stores or online. It’s marketed
in powder form pills
liquid extract. This is a
dangerous truck. It is a drug
of abuse doctor John men’s is
an addiction specialist.
>> It is a drug that has not
been approved by the FDA for
any
purpose whatsoever and it’s a
drug that has not been
categorized by the D e a
for.
>> In the reason he says he
thinks it needs to be
regulated. Calls to the
National poison control hotline
about have jumped more than 60%
in the last year across the
country here in Florida there’s
been a 50% increase since 2016.
According to
the FDA, 44 people have died
from Creighton related
overdoses. That’s more deaths
than vaping win.
>> We are talking
about vaping being dangerous
and potentially lethal for
individuals, we have a drug
here that really and readily
available they can cause the
same amount of harm or death to
individuals as the products
that people are appealing.
>> And no one knows that.
And no one knows about it.
>> Which is why Rich’s parents
are sharing your painful story
of loss for 9 months, I
carried him for almost 26 years
he was arson.
I mean just like that it’s all
gone, you know part of my
heart.
You got to know that this can
kill you. I will say it will it
can Killian it killed rich
the Nelsons think should be
banned 7 states have made
it illegal.
>> Sarasota County here in
Florida is the closest County
to our area.
The only way though to
completely ban it is for the da
to label Creighton a schedule
one substance, a spokesperson
tells me the FDA and Department
of Health and Human Services
must conduct research though
first and then make a
recommendation to the da before
it can act that recommendation
was made. 2 years ago to D
e a the
da says it’s still an internal
deliberation Richie Nelson died