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we found an amphetamine. how dangerous is this from a chemical compound situation? quite dangerous. there s a whole range of reported effects ranging from rapid or irregular heartbeat, hallucinogenic effects, seizures, psychosis. there have been several reported suicides. and in grand forks, north dakota the deaths of elijah stai and christian bjerk. it turns out the drugs that killed elijah 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 analong controlled substances in this area. but finding that dealer would turn out to be only the beginning in unraveling this deadly mystery which was about deadly mystery which was about to take yet another turn. we wan, sketchbooks, and scribbles. let s pin em to the wall. kick em around. kick em around, see what happens. because we re in the how-do-i-get-this-startup- off-the-ground business. ....
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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 bjerk were most likely made in china. and so far there appears to be no movement by the u.s. to find and prosecute the manufacturer of this synthetic poison. chris myers, the federal prosecutor in this case, will not discuss the source of the chemicals. and that is not good enough for debbie and keith bjerk. i would like to know the name of the factory where these drugs were manufactured. you don t know the name of the factory? no. i have not been told the name of the factory. do they know it? i m sure they do. ....
you were really tripping. yeah, i was like oh, my god. you know, like this is getting really intense. downstairs, elijah stai was beginning to convulse. adam was already down there with eli. he had told me that eli was going into a bad trip. and i asked him, i was like, do we need to call 911? i was like no, it s jut just mushrooms. he s going to be fine. he s just going into a bad trip. he started to i guess foam at the mouth, yelling. i guess he was hitting his head, just convulsing uncontrollably. finally, the police were called. i started to assist with cpr. with the effects of the drugs i wasn t able to do it. his face started to contort because of the drugs. it really, really messed me up. i told him i was going to wait outside for 911 to direct them in because i couldn t see him like that. i was he was dead. he was dead. yeah. we got the phone call that ....
okay, where s the house? it s east grand forks. i don t think he s breathing at all. no, he s dead. we need somebody now. i know. can you guys start cpr with him? it was three days before eli s birthday. he would be 18? yeah. he wanted to go to grand forks to see his cousin and spend time there with justin. melissa katz s son, elijah stai, was in grand forks to celebrate an upcoming birthday. he was with his foster brother, justin rippentropp. what were you planning that weekend? not a whole lot. just hang out basically. they would find themselves hanging out and sleeping over at the home of a cousin s 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 powder he said was extract from psychedelic mushrooms. ....