Daily Mail: 120 Admitted to NY ER After Smoking “Spice” – Gov. Issues Warning
Posted on April 19, 2015
It has been linked to deaths across the country and left others critically ill. Now New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has issued a state health alert that the synthetic marijuana product known as ‘Spice’ is sweeping the city, and that 160 people have been hospitalized in nine days after using the drug. Over 120 of those people were admitted to Emergency Rooms in the same week. The cannabinoid, also commonly called ‘K2’ or ‘Mojo’, is predominantly abused by teenagers and typically sold over-the-counter as incense or potpourri.