Teen Trends

Is your adolescent/young adult child burning incense or does their room smell of like potpourri?

DRUG ALERT: K-2 Spice (Synthetic Weed)- is a new drug product that has begun to appear in a limited number of drug markets in the United States... DEA has placed an emergency ban on Spice, the chemicals will be designated as Schedule I substances, the most restrictive category, which is reserved for unsafe, highly abused substances with no medical usage. Effects are reportedly analogous to marijuana but include additional dangers to users such as panic attacks, heart palpitations, hallucinations, delusions, vomiting, increased agitation, dilated pupils, & other symptoms.

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Teens’ comments who have smoked spice:
“I thought I saw a green monkey right in front of me.... when I woke up I was next to the toilet.”
“My brother’s heart was beating so fast he asked me to call 911”
“Shortly after smoking Spice my friend blacked-out .”
“My friend thought the bear on his shirt was attacking him...he ripped his shirt off.”

New Designer Drugs:Dragonfly is similar to LSD, but far more powerful and potentially more lethal

Vodka Tampons- Just drinking vodka doesn't seem rebellious enough to teen girls anymore. Some have now taken to dipping tampons in hard alcohol before using them.