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CNN Special Report-20151107-05:58:00

activists, getting out the word on the dangers of synthetic drugs. thanks to their efforts north dakota has put in new legislation banning a number of synthetics, and federally the drug that killed christian and elijah is now on the list of banned substances. >> the stuff is not safe just because you can order it on the internet. don't be fooled by that. don't 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 friend signed that. that came. >> the family of elijah stai say they do hope their son's death can be a warning to others about the dangers of synthetic designer drugs. >> our lives were turned upside down. our lives will never be the same. i don't know if you can really put something like that into words, what your life is like after you lose a kid. it's a horrific thing to ever have to go through for any parent. eli was a good kid. this can happen to any family.

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CNN Special Report-20151107-05:12:00

2012 law enforcement in grand forks were dealing with an outbreak of violent overdoses. a mystery drug on the streets had already killed two teenagers. >> we've got multiple overdoses. we've got two young men that have lost their lives. i mean, what's more serious than that? >> tim purdon is a u.s. attorney for north dakota. >> it was unprecedented. i had -- i've been u.s. attorney now for going on four years. this is the only time we reached out to a school system, to the university and said hey, there's this danger on the streets right now that people need to be aware about. >> as the emergency warnings were being issued, investigators were desperately trying to find out just what this drug was, and more importantly where it came from. >> it took lab analysis to determine the true nature of these substances. when we learned what they were, 2c-i-nbome, 2c-c-nbome, that was new to us. >> 2c-i-nbome and 2c-c-nbome are synthetic designer drugs,

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CNN Special Report-20151107-05:45:00

substance that exists, as long as it's not scheduled they will manufacture it for you specifically. it's called a custom synthesis. and ship it to you. >> charles carlton, who sold the drugs that killed elijah stai and christian bjerk, says he used the internet to buy much of his supply in bulk from china. >> there are a lot of brokers as well. like you'll order from a guy in poland and receive a package from china. >> and is it all labeled as research chemical not for human consumption when you get it? >> for the most part, yes. >> shanghai, china's largest city. its towering waterfront and bustling streets. it is also home to chemical companies churning out synthetics, or pure poison. in the emerging global market of the synthetic drug world the

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CNN Special Report-20151107-05:24:00

>> carlton had an idea to turn his passion for synthetic hallucinogens into a business. he would limit his customers to those like him, knowledgeable and interested in experimenting with synthetic highs. his company, motion resources, with its website called motionresearch, would be a boutique drug dealership for enthusiasts. >> we could put in people's hands things that they wouldn't be able to get otherwise. >> but it was turning into a real business that -- >> it was. >> -- you could at least make a go of it. >> absolutely. >> though the company's product mimicked the illegal drug lsd, carlton says the chemicals he was selling weren't yet scheduled or banned in the united states. he set up shop in this office building, even registered with the secretary of state, and went to work. >> i was an employee of my own company, getting a w-2.

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CNN Special Report-20151107-05:14:00

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 marketed as a pure form of the drug ecstasy, is being replaced by a variety of synthetic compounds. according to d.e.a. scientists, the highs may be the same but the molecular structure is modified just enough to evade the law. >> these chemical companies are altering the compound ever so slightly to avoid our laws here in the united states. once they alter that chemical, it is no longer a controlled substance.

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CNN Special Report-20151107-05:43:30

CNN Special Report-20151107-05:43:30
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CNN Special Report-20151107-05:15:00

>> so it's a game. >> it is. >> these drugs are particularly dangerous because users can't be sure what they're getting. >> we've seen packages that have the exact same label, the exact same brand, same flavoring, that are sent at the exact same time that have completely different drugs in them. >> almost every state and the federal government have passed laws outlawing specific chemical formulas sold as synthetic drugs. but the manufacturers are staying one step ahead of law enforcement. >> these chemical companies anticipate future law enforcement actions, whether it be new laws, and they have a new chemical compound that is ready to take the place of the drugs that we control. >> in the new world of drug dealing chemicals are manufactured overseas, sold online in bulk, and imported

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CNN Special Report-20151107-05:13:00

chemicals designed to simulate the high of the banned drug lsd. these drugs are so potent a dose the size avenue a few grains of salt is enough to get high. north dakota's top federal drug prosecutor had never heard of them, and neither had christian bjerk's parents. >> i had to go to the internet and look up information on it. and i really didn't understand the whole synthetic drug. i didn't know what it was. i didn't know how dangerous they were. >> the message we got after we went on the internet was that somebody had said it was okay for these drugs to be on the street and they had been tweaked. but that's all we knew. >> synthetic lsd has been blamed for at least -- >> parents across the country are now learning the painful truth about synthetic designer drugs. >> investigators say he overdosed on a synthetic

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CNN Special Report-20151107-05:46:00

shanghai region is the epicenter. >> come in. >> this is the office of a synthetic drug dealer. undercover video taken by a french documentary filmmaker of a bragging drug entrepreneur claiming to supply the world with his manufactured highs. >> this stuff pv-8. sells popular in russian market. people take it and put in mouth or in nose. it's okay. >> this tour is a sales pitch. the undercover reporter is pretending to be a buyer. >> safe. not dangerous. not poisonous.

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CNN Special Report-20151107-05:08:00

>> when i got to the hospital, they said he was brain dead. he was in the hospital for three days. he was on life support. we had to make the call to disconnect him. there were no two dead, dangers overdosing and dying from a deadly drug. and no one knew what it was or where it was coming from. where our next arrival is... red carpet whoa! toenail fungus!? fight it! with jublia. jublia is a prescription medicine used to treat toenail fungus.

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