First-of-Its-Kind Report Finds That Street Forms of "Synthetic Marijuana" Products Linked to Thousands of Hospital Emergency Departments Visits Each Year
Tuesday, December 4, 2012 - 13:00
in Health & Medicine
Street forms of synthetic cannabinoids - so-called "synthetic marijuana" - were linked to 11,406 of the 4.9 million drug-related emergency department (ED) visits in 2010, according to a new report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).