About two weeks ago, a high school student’s arrival at Northside Hospital in Forsythe prompted a call to the Georgia Poison Center. When the youth arrived, he told medical personnel he had taken a drug known as “N-Bomb.” This substance, which is also referred to as “Legal LSD,” is among the new generation of synthetic Read more »
Changes to Synthetic Marijuana Make it More Dangerous
During a three-week period in April, emergency rooms have seen a spike in activity across America that health care professionals have attributed to patients’ use of synthetic marijuana brands such as Spice or K-2. These patients arrive complaining of a range of symptoms, from high blood pressure to hallucinations and psychosis. The increase in the Read more »
How Synthetic Marijuana Devastates the Body
Synthetic marijuana, a drug known by many names including Spice, K2 and Blaze, has been growing in popularity in recent years for many reasons. There’s no need to visit a street corner drug dealer to find these drugs because despite a 2012 federal ban on five of its key chemical ingredients, synthetic pot manufacturers have Read more »
Major Meth Operation Discovered in Atlanta
One local man was arrested and charged in connection with what law enforcement officials have called the largest methamphetamine bust in the history of Atlanta. A press release issued by Atlanta authorities Thursday, March 26 detailed how local officers and federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents shut down the drug manufacturing operation, which police say was Read more »
APD Now Carries Narcan to Combat Heroin Overdoses
In February, the Atlanta Police Department unveiled its plans to add a new weapon in their arsenal to aid in the agency’s fight to decrease the number of citizens who die each year due to heroin overdoses. At that time, the department announced its intentions to supply more than 100 officers who work in the Read more »
Douglas K9 Trained to Sniff Out Synthetic Marijuana
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has a new soldier in its fight to keep drugs off the streets and out of the hands of local citizens, and for this latest addition to the department’s ranks, a successful search is as simple as following his nose. In November 2014, officers celebrated the arrival of Dakota, the Read more »
Atlanta Raid Nets $10 Million in Meth
Atlanta law enforcement authorities have put the brakes on a large-scale methamphetamine manufacturing operation that was formidable enough to produce massive quantities of the drug. Police say the amount of drugs confiscated at the scene totaled in excess of $10 million, and that the bust constituted the biggest of its kind in the city’s history. Read more »
Synthetic Marijuana is NOT a Safe Alternative to Pot
Moon Rocks, No More Mr. Nice Guy, Spice, K2, Yucatan Fire and Skunk may sound like cute names for a harmless alternative to marijuana, but chemicals used to make synthetic pot may cause the user to experience far worse than a bad trip, a risk that significantly cuts down on the cute factor. Data posted Read more »