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Marijuana -- >> otherwise known as k-2. >> with deaths and overdoses reported almost daily. >> poisoned a 15-year-old girl. >> 16-year-old -- >> abruptly ended at just 18 years old -- >> these drugs are being marketed and sold as legal alternatives to marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, lsd, and heroin. >> in the last four years more than 300 synthetic designer drugs with names like spice, nbomb, and bath salts have flooded into the united states. even the popular club drug molly, which is mark...

This morning for the federal government to do more to regulate the sale of synthetic marijuana. right now 2015 is already the worst year on record for synthetic marijuana overdoses and the product is now the second most widely used drug among high school seniors trailing only marijuana. despite the name, synthetic marijuana commonly referred to as k2 is actually much more dangerous than marijuana with far worse physical and mental effects. in an emotional moment last week, talk show host wendy w...

To oversee the tsa and the nearly 2.5 million passengers going through u.s. airports daily. bret. >> rich edson live on the hill thank you. a good day on wall street. the dow gained 121, s&p 500 was up 15 the nasdaq finished ahead 22 1/2. recreational marijuana is legal, of course in many places. but there is an offshoot that presents hidden dangers. parents with teenagers and younger children need to pay particular attention to this next report. from correspondent casey stegall in dallas. >...

Poisoning cases were reported in 2013. so far this year the number has nearly doubled, with texas mississippi and new york recording the highest numbers. >> its become an increasing priority for us. >> reporter: austin police say theyve responded to a record 600 emergency calls since the end of may. while fatal overdoses are rare, consuming the drug is quite risky, because its essentially plant material laced with dangerous chemicals like bug spray. >> it caused some sort of high, but with it ex...

Synthetic designer drugs, chemicals designed to simulate the high of the banned drug lsd. these drugs are so potent a dose the size of a few grains of salt is enough to get high. north dakotas top federal drug prosecutor had never heard of them, and neither had christian bjerks parents. >> i had to go to the internet and look up information on it. and i really didnt understand the whole synthetic drug. i didnt know what it was. i didnt know how dangerous they were. >> the message we got after we...

Their mouth or nose its okay. >> this tour is a sales pitch. the undercover reporter is pretending to be a buyer. >> not dangerous. not poisonous. >> they are famous in america. k 2. not for human consumption. your design, logo, what kind of size of packaging you want. and we will directly send it from china. we handle all of the logistics. if the package is lost, we resend for free. thats our guarantee.

>> parents across the country are now learning the painful truth about synthetic designer drugs. >> investigators say he overdosed on a synthetic marijuana -- >> otherwise known as k-2. >> reporter: with deaths and overdoses reported almost daily. >> poisons a 15-year-old girl. >> 16-year-old -- >> life bankruabruptly ended at 18 years old. >> these drugs are being marketed and sold as legal alternatives to marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, lsd and heroin. >> reporter: in the last four years,...

Designer drugs. >> investigators say he overdosed on a synthetic marijuana. >> otherwise known as k-2. >> reporter: with deaths and overdoses reported almost daily. >> poisons a 15-year-old girl. >> 16-year-old -- >> abruptly ended at 18 years old. >> these dugs are being marketed and sold as legal alternatives to marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, lsd, and heroin. >> reporter: in the last four years more than 300 synthetic designer drugs with names like spice, m-bomb and bath salts have flood...

Ahead of the law. a marijuana flag tells us ear in the right place. at this the tiny tokyo shop, the wall art is misleading. pot is not for sale here. theyre selling something experts say is far more dangerous. synthetic cannabis is marketed as fake marijuana, made in asia, mostly china and india, it has hundreds of name, spice, fake weed, k2, and in japan, herb. we choose from a book of flavors, each under $50 u.s. dollars. the clerk tells our cnn producer, this is his best seller. he says it h...

>> otherwise known as k2. >> with deaths and overdoses reported daily. >> life abruptly ended at just 18 years old. >> these drugs are sold as legal alternatives to marijuana, methamphetamine, lsd, and heroin. >> synthetic designer drugs with names like spice, enbalm and bath salts have flooded into the united states. even the popular club drug molly, which is marketed as a pure form of the drug ecstacy, is being replaced by a variety of synthetic compounds. according to dea scientists, the high...