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Poison Center Calls Involving 'Synthetic Marijuana' Are More Than Twice As High As Last Year

Submitted by Marijuana News on Sun, 06/14/2015 - 22:26

People are poisoning themselves with synthetic pot products at more than twice the rate as this time last year, according to a report released this Friday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

As part of their Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the CDC announced the results of an analysis into the number of poison control calls made as a result of synthetic cannabinoid products so far this year. "During the 2015 study period, poison centers reported 3,572 calls related to synthetic cannabinoid use, a 229 percent increase from the 1,085 calls during the same January–May period in 2014," the report concluded. Specifically, the number of calls skyrocketed from 339 in January to 1501 in April before settling back to 2014 levels in May.

While a majority of these calls were only associated with "agitation", a rapidly pounding heart, or, funnily...

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