Eli Stye News Today

This stuff is not safe because you can order it on the internet. dont be fooled by that of the dont put yourself and your family in the position that these families in grand forks found themselves. talk to your kids that synthetic drugs are dangerous. all drugs are dangerous. >> this was done for the memorial for eli. his friends signed that. that came. the family of eli stye say they too hope their sons death can be a warning to others about the dangers of synthetic drugs. >> our lives will nev...

Is let as many people know as possible that no matter how hard you try to be safe or no matter how hard or how well you think you have it under control, somebody is going to get hurt or even die. these chemicals are so dangerous that all it takes is for someone to just have some of it and not know what they have. >> yet you did think that. you thought you were smart enough to handle it and smart th smart enough to think that your customers knew what the hell they were doing. >> thats right. hes ...

Sky and dropping back down. >> you were really tripping? >> yeah. i was like this is getting really intense. >> downstairs, eli was beginning to convulse. >> adam was already down there with eli. he had told me that eli was going into a bad trip i was like do we need to call 911. >> he said no. its just mushrooms hes going to be fine. hes just going into a bad trip. he started to i guess foam at the mouth. yelling. ive guei guess he was hitting h head convulsing uncontrollably. finally the polic...

Psychedelic mushrooms. >> he gave eli and i the bag and said here you go. have fun. we just kind of started taking bites out of it and just eating it. it tasted just like chocolate. no bad chemical taste. just chocolate and we ended up splitting the bag. it was nothing like ive ever had before. i was kind of scared but i was like reassuring myself and my subconscious that its just mushrooms. its just mushrooms. it wasnt just psychedelic mushrooms. it was something much worse. >> for justin, it w...

>> necessithey got the phone ca eli wasnt breathing, blue in the face. >> you had to call your mom? >> i called her when i went outside waiting for 911 -- >> and told her -- >> and toll hd her that he died. were you able to fully tell her why? >> no. i was ashamed of myself for failing him for or less. i felt like i had failed him. >> justin was a teen when elis family had taken him in. raised h ed him as their own. after everything they had done for me and eli was laying there dead and i was al...

Chemical compound situation. >> squiquite dangerous. theres a whole variety of affects from rapid heartbeat seizures, psychosis, several reported suicides. in grand forks, north dakota, the deaths of eli and christian. it turns out the drugs that killed eli and christian arrived in grand forks by mail purchased over the internet by a local drug dealer. he was one of the primary sources of supply for anle log controlled substances in the area but finding that dealer would turn out to be only the ...

Broken into his home and stolen a bag of white powder without knowing exactly what was inside that bag or just how potent it was. he melted the powder into chocolate that he gave to his new friends, including eli. he also sold some of the same drug with a young man that would share it. adam early on in the investigation was the common link between these two overdose victims so adam prepared the drugs in some chocolates and both he an eli consumed some of those chocolates and eli died from them. ...

And closer in our communication with them about where these drugs are coming from. >> according to the u.s. drug enforcement administration, china has made some arrests and has recently banned 11 synthetic substances. cnn cannot confirm china is doing anything. for months, cnn has requested visas for a cnn investigative team to travel to shanghai. there have been continuous requests for chinese officials for additional information but the visas have not been granted. the requests for an intervie...