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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 signe...

Eli wasn't breathing. he was blue in the face. of. >> you had so call your mom? >> i called her while i was 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 failed him. >> justin was a teen when eli's family took him in. eli suffered multiple organ failures and went into cardiac arrest, cutting the oxygen supply to his brain.

For additional information, but the visas have not been granted. requests for an interview or comment from china's ambassador here in the u.s. have gone unanswered. >> this is the funeral for eli and -- >> alyssa katz, elijah stai's mother, doesn't understand what there is to negotiate. chinese factories are making a fortune, she says, selling poison. >> what would you like to say to them? >> how dare you come into my country and sell drugs to our children? >> do you think they care? >> no. they don't care. >> cnn has learned the synthetic drugs that killed melissa's son, elijah, and christian...

Both he and eli stai consumed some of those chocolates andli stai died from them. >> 1,400 miles away in a suburb of houston, texas -- >> whoo. >> -- a father and entrepreneur named charles carlton was oblivious to the fact that an unraveling chain of events in grand forks was about to turn his world upside down. >> i always kind of enjoyed the psychedelic experience. and it started with experimenting with lsd in high school. and then i started ordering, you know, what people would call designer drugs off the internet and just experimenting with those. and you know, just realized that you know...

Deadly chain of events. one of his customers, adam budge, had broken into spofford's home and stolen a bag of white powder. without knowing exactly what was inside that bag or just how potent it was. budge melted the powder into chocolate that he gave to his new friends, including elijah stai. budge also sold some of the same drug to a young man who would share it with christian bjerk. >> adam budge early on in the investigation was the common link between these two overdose victims. adam budge prepared the 2ci-nbome in some chocolates and both he and eli stai consumed some of those chocolates...