Heroin, Synthetic Marijuana Strike Fear in Parents
Year in Review: 2012 saw an outcry against deadly drugs becoming more popular with teens.
Karen Dobner said her son, Max, never gave her cause to worry. He never spoke ill of anyone. He never lost his temper. He was never disrespectful or rude. He was a health nut and refused to eat at Burger King or McDonald’s. She has no answer for what led Max to use synthetic marijuana on June 14, 2011, but she believes it was because he thought it was healthier than marijuana. Later Karen received a call that her son, driving at almost 100 mph, had plowed thrown an intersection, hit a wall, went airborne and crashed through the front of a home. He died in the accident at the age of 19. She spoke out against that false assumption at a Woodridge village forum earlier this year. Read more: Mom: ‘I Didn’t Know What Synthetic Marijuana Was …
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3:02 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
Hi, my name is Carrie Esposito 7405 Richmond, and as a psychiatric nurse, I care for the young adults who become psychotic from these synthetic drugs and require hospitilization for their safety, in some cases it takes months to clear their systems and even then we do not yet fully understand, what residual side effect they may have. As a Mom, I ask please talk with your children and make them … more ›