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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 marketed as a pure form of the drug ecstasy, is being replaced by a variety of synthetic compounds. acco...

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 williams actually opened up about her son's addiction. >> our kid had been smoking this mess. and he ...

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. >> the last time i remember doing it i barricaded myself into a room, thinking that my friends were g...

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. >> it's become an increasing priority for us. >> reporter: austin police say they've responded to a record 600 emergency calls since the end of may. while fatal overdoses are rare, consuming the drug is quite risky, because it's essentially plant material laced with dangerous chemicals like bug spray. >> it caused some sort of high, but with it extreme anxiety paranoia, hallucinations, delusions, and then they can also cause chest pain and he...

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 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 stree...