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>> you had to call your mom. >> i called her when i went outside waiting for 911. >> and told her? >> told her eli died. >> were you able to fully tell her why? >> no. i was ashamed of myself for failing him, more or less. i felt like i had failed him. >> justin was a teen when elijahs family took him in, raised as their own. >> after everything theyve done for me and eli was laying there dead and i was alive. >> elijah suffered multiple organ failures and went into cardiac arrest, cutting the o...

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, nothing bad, no chemical taste or anything. just chocolate and ended up splitting the bag. it was nothing like anything ive had before. i was kind of scared but i was like, reassuring myself and like subconscious, its just mushrooms. its just mushrooms. >> it wasnt just psychedelic mushrooms. it was something much w...

There have been continuous requests by chinese for additional information but the visas have not been granted. requests for an interview or comment from chinas ambassador here in the u.s. have gone unanswered. >> this is the funeral to eli. >> melissa katz, elijah stais mother, doesnt understand what there is to negotiate. theyre manufacturing poison. >> what would you like to say to them? >> how dare you come into our country and sell drugs to our children? >> do you think they care? >> no, the...

>> can you guys start cpr with him? a. >> it was three days before elis birthday. >> he would be 18. >> he wanted to go to grand forks to see his cousin. >> he was to celebrate an upcoming birthday, justin rippentrop. >> what were you doing? >> not a lot, hanging out basically. >> hanging out and sleeping over at the home of a cousins boyfriend. neither had known 18-year-old adam budge but he seemed nice. budge said he had a special treat. a bag of chocolate that he had cooked with a white powde...

You know, this is getting really intense. >> downstairs, elijah sti was beginning to convulse. >> adam was already down there with eli. he told me that eli was going into a bad trip. i asked him, do we need to call 911? hes like no, its justice mushrooms. hell be fine. hes going into a bad trip. >> he started to foam at the mouth, yelling. hitting his head. just convulsing uncontrollably. >> finally, the police were called. >> i started to assist with cpr. with the effects of the drugs, i wasnt ...

Its east grand forks. i dont think hes breathing at all there. >> we need somebody now. >> i know. >> can you guys start cpr with him? >> his birthday? >> he would be 18. >> he wanted to go to grand forks to see his cousin. >> he was to celebrate an upcoming birthday, justin ripertrop. >> what were you doing? >> not a lot, hanging out basically. >> hanging out and sleeping over at the home of a cousins boyfriend. neither had known 18-year-old adam budge but he seemed nice. budge said he had a sp...

Have to go through for any parent. eli was a good kid. this can happen to any family. >> i talked to a lot of people during the course of a day or a month, and if if it comes up, we have this conversation, and most people still dont know what they r and they dont know what the drugs are or how badly they can impact their lives. well, we eare witnessing the impact now. weve had this horrible loss, and we lost a child. we didnt know about the drugs. we know about them now, and the word needs to ge...

Adults sitting here today, please tell them the story. >> since their son christians death, the bjerks have become activists getting out the word of synthetic drugs, and thanks to their effort, north dakota has put in legislation banning synthetic, and the drug that killed christian and elijah is on the list of banned synthetics. >> just because it is on the internet, dont be fooled by that and dont find yourselves on the position that these families in grand forks found themselves in. all drugs...

To their effort, north dakota has put in legislation banning synthetic, and the drug that killed christian and elijah is on the list of banned synthetics. >> just because it is on the internet, dont be fooled by that and dont find yourselves on the position that these families in grand forks found themselves in. all drugs are dangerous. >> and this is done for the memorial for eli and his friends signed that, that came. >> the family of elijah stai say they, too, hope that their sons death can b...

People. >> is it enough to just ask china to do this? >> i think we were very strong about the concerns. i think china recognized too they have a lot of chemical plants. they do a lot of export. we have to be closer in our ties and closer in our communication with them about where these drugs are coming. >> according to the u.s. drug enforcement administration, china has made some arrests and recently banned 11 synthetic substances. cnn cannot confirm china is doing anything. for months, cnn has...