ACTIVE
ACTIVE CHANNEL BEING YOUD BY 4@ THIS FA4@MILY.
THIS FA4@MILY. >>> -- USED BY 4@THIS FAMILY.
A POTENTIAL DEADLY BATCH OF
SYNTHETIC 4@MARIJUANA HIT 4@100
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. KILLING FOUR PEOPLE. 4@
BRUCE REPORTS THE OVERDOSE
CALLS KEEP ROLLING IN.
>> IT LITERALLY WRAPS 4@4@IT
FINGERS AROUND YOUR BRAIN AND
IT SNATCHES YOU OUT OF YOUR
BODY.
BODY.
BODY. IT'S LIKE LIQUID POISON.
IT MIGHT BE 4@WORSE THAN CRACK
THIS HOME.
THIS HOME. HE'S WATCHED THREE FRIENDS
COLLAPSE FROM K 2 IN THE LAST
FEW DAYS.
FEW DAYS.
FEW DAYS. HE HIT RALLY WENT FROM A 4@BENC
4@
HE HIT RALLY WENT FROM A 4@BENC AND SWAN DIVED ON THE 4@CONCRET
HE CRACKED HIS HEAD.
>> A 60-YEAR-OLD MAN WENT DOWN
LIKE HE HAD BEEN KO'E4@D BY MIK
TYSON.
TYSON.
TYSON. THEN HE GOES INTO 4@A CONVULSIO
LIKE 4@A SEIZURE.
I 4@HAD TO SLAP HIM.
>> EMERGENCY RESPONDER HAVES
BEEN SLAMMED BY MORE THAN 122
CALLS.
CALLS.
CALLS. >>
CALLS. >> OD.
>> OD.
>> OD. >>
>> OD. >> JUST IN THE LAST 4@COUPLE
DAYS.
DAYS.
DAYS. >>
DAYS. >> THE CITY SAYS MOST OF THE
CALLS ARE NEAR HOMELESS
SHELTERS.
SHELTERS.
SHELTERS. THE EFFECTS ARE OFTEN
EXACERBATED BY HEAT AND 4@
DEHYDRATION.
DEHYDRATION. >> WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE THAT ARE
4@
>> WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE THAT ARE AGITATED AND VOMITING.
WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE THAT ARE
COLLAPSING.
COLLAPSING. WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE THAT ARE
UNCONSCIOUS.
UNCONSCIOUS. >> MANY HOPES OF MIMICKING,
MANUFACTURERS SPRAY INDUSTRIAL
CHEMICALS ON PLANT MATERIAL AND
PACKAGE IT AS POPERY OR
INCENSE.
INCENSE.
INCENSE. SPICE, SALT AND PEPPER, K 2,
SKOOBY DOO.
SKOOBY DOO. IN DC, BRUCE LESHAN, I GET A
WET WRAGGE, PUT IT 4@ON HIS FAC
WUSA9.
WUSA9.
WUSA9. THE GROUP WAS HIT BY A
SIMILARLY TOXIC BATCH YEARS
AGO.
AGO.
AGO. THE
AGO. THE CRISIS SENT 600 PEOPLE TO
IF HOSPITAL.
IF HOSPITAL. SELLING IT IS ILLEGAL IN DC.
AND THE MAN HE INTERVIEWED IN
THAT STORY HAD A LOT TO SAY.
HE REALLY DROVE HOME THE POINT
OF HOW 4@BAD THIS DRUG IS.
HE INTE4@RVIEW WAS QUITE
COMPELLING.
COMPELLING. 4@
COMPELLING. WE WANT TO LET YOU HEAR MORE OF
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> I
IT. >> I USED TO SMOKE IT WHEN IT
WAS BEING INTRODUCED SIX OR
SEVEN YEARS AGO.
AND THEN I GOT AWAY FROM IT.
BECAUSE I HAVE A DIFFERENT
POISON THAT I'M INTO.
AND IT'S NOT K 2. IT'S ALCOHOL.
BECAUSE I STARTED DOING K 2
BECAUSE MY GIRLFRIEND WAS DOING
K 2. AND IT WAS COOL A COUPLE
YEARS AGO.
YEARS AGO. BUT THEN THEY STARTED SPRAYING
MORE STUFF.
MORE STUFF. SO IT GOT MORE INTENSE.
AND ALL PEOPLE WANT IS MORE
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. FASTER.
FASTER.
FASTER. AND THE K 2 EVOLVED.
IT HAD A META MORPHO SIS.
NOW THEY'RE DOING IT AND IT'S
CALLED GAS OR SALT AND PEPPER.
NOW THEY HIT IT TWICE.
INSTEAD OF 4@PUTTING IT OUT.
THEY'RE GREEDY, THEY HIT THE 4@
WHOLE THING.
WHOLE THING. AND THEIR BODY 4@SHUTS DOWN,
BOWLS, VOMIT, REGURGITATION,
THROWING UP 4@ON THEMSELVES,
LEAVING IT THERE.
IT'S AN EPIDEMIC THAT'S 4@TAKIN
OVER.
OVER.
OVER. I
OVER. I DON'T KNOW WHY.
IT'S SO ACCESSIBLE.
WHEN YOU CALL 4@IT SCOOBY IT
SOUNDS LIKE 4@A CARTOON.
AND THEY KEEP 4@DOING IT.
AND THERE'S OTHER 4@KINDS.
THERE'S LIKE MORE THAN 190
STRAINS.
STRAINS.
STRAINS. AND A FRIEND OF MINE I'VE KNOWN
FOR SEVEN YEARS NOW, 4@HE
LITERALLY JUST WENT FROM A 4@
BENCH AND SWAN DIVED ON THE
CONCRETE.
CONCRETE.
CONCRETE. CRACKED HIS HEAD.
HE'S ABOUT 60 4@YEARS OLD.
SO HE'S REALLY TOO OLD TO BE
DOING THIS NEW DRUG ANY WAY.
I DONE KNOW WHAT'S IN 4@IT.
BUT IT'S LIKE LIQUID POISON.
IT MIGHT BE 4@WORSE THAN CRACK
THIS POINT.
THIS POINT. >> I WATCHED HIM HIT THE GROUND
AND THEN HE 4@GOES INTO A
CONVULSION LIKE A SEIZURE AND
HE STARTS SHAKING.
YOU CAN TELL THE BRAIN IS
SHUTTING DOWN.
SHUTTING DOWN. AND AS THE BRAIN SHUTS DOWN, SO
DO YOUR ARMS AND YOUR LEGS,
LIKE MIKE TYSON HITTING YOU TO @
THE HEAD.
THE HEAD.
THE HEAD. NOW YOU GO TO THE CANVAS, K 2
IS TAKING THESE CATS 4@TO THE
CANVAS.
CANVAS.
CANVAS. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DR. ROGER
MITCHELL JR. ADDRESSED 4@THE
CRISIS IN A PRESS CONFERENCE.
HE SAYS THE DRUG IS POWERFUL
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ACTED LIKE
MARIJUANA.
MARIJUANA. >> THEY ESSENTIALLY BIND TO
WHAT IS THE NORMAL CA4@NNABIS
RECEPTOR.
RECEPTOR.
RECEPTOR. BUT THEY BIND AT ALMOST 400
TIMES MORE POTENTLY THAN 4@NORM
MARIJUANA.
MARIJUANA. SO THIS DOESN'T ACT LIKE
MARIJUANA.
MARIJUANA. IT ACTS LIKE SOMETHING TOTALLY
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. THAT'S WHY WE DON'T SAY
SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA ANY MORE.
WE4@ CALL IT CANNABINOIDS.
BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING TOTE HI
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
AND THE 4@COMMUNITY 4@NEEDS TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT'S NOW OUT ON
THE STREETED, WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT IS YET.
AND WE'RE FINDING NOW NEW COME
POUNDS THAT DC HAS NEVER SEEN
BEFORE.
BEFORE.
BEFORE. SO THE MESSAGE IS STAY 4@AWAY
FROM THIS STUFF DR. MITCHING
SAYS THEY DON'T KNOW IF THIS 4@
SPECIFIC TYPE OF