Synthetic Drugs

Scooby Snax, K2, Spice, Marley, Cloud 9, they all mean the same thing: danger. Chemically-laced drugs are sold every day to kids and teens. Because synthetic drugs do not show up on drug tests, they seem like the safest option. These drugs are sold legally over-the-counter labeled as potpourri, online as herbal incense, and between peers. Kids and teens then buy these products and smoke them as “fake weed.”

Synthetic drugs are made to act like other drugs. Because they only mimic the more “intense” drugs, they are considered to be less dangerous. In reality, however, synthetic drugs are some of the most hazardous. The numerous chemicals that are used to make these drugs act as poison to the body and the brain resulting in many physical and mental risks including increased heart rate, kidney failure, paralysis, seizures, psychotic episodes, brain swelling, and death.

Synthetic drugs are also unregulated and unpredictable; no one except the manufacturer actually knows all of the chemicals within these drugs and every type could be completely different. This means that even someone who has used a synthetic drug prior may be affected differently the second time they use it. This reality increases the likelihood of possible side effects as well as lowers the threshold of overdose.

It is a sad reality that kids and teens are exposed to chemically-laced drugs, but it is, nonetheless, a reality. New synthetic drugs are being made every day, they may be called different things, be sold in different packages, and look different to the eye, but underneath all of the advertising and packaging, they are all have the same toxic base.

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