Popularity of Synthetic Drugs Amongst Teens in Marlborough

Smoking legal synthetic cannabis drugs has landed many teenagers in Marlborough with bad side-effects like convulsions and racing hearts.

Popularity of synthetic drugs is high among teens and it is during this phase that they begin taking it – the fact that it is legal as well as more potent makes synthetic drugs more appealing to teenagers.

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Cannabis has a long history of medicinal, recreational, and industrial use and comes from a bushy plant with thick sticky flowers called Cannabis Sativa

Many of the teens using synthetic drugs experienced a range of problems like racing heart and other side effects which left them pretty much incapacitated for a week.

"I was surprised how many like it, but heaps don't like it. They only smoke it because it's legal and they can smoke where they like and no-one can do anything. There's no quality control - you can have different strength in different batches. It's stupid stuff."

These synthetic drugs are very strong and there was no method to ascertain their potency.

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There has been an increase in the use of synthetic highs, particularly K2, and the easy availability of these drugs perhaps has added to its popularity.

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