10 Synthetic Marijuana Horror Stories
Every dangerous drug has its own archive of horror stories involving its users, abusers and addicts. Synthetic drugs, however, are in a league of their own as far as horrific tales are concerned. In a nutshell, most incidents that involve synthetic drugs—synthetic marijuana in particular—are marked not so much by the consequences of repeated or prolonged use, but by the sudden and often unpredictable nature of its effects, which sometimes set in even after just ONE hit. That makes more synthetic marijuana more dangerous than ice, heroin or any of the “traditional” drugs we have all come to despise, as the synthetic marijuana horror stories we are featuring in this piece would attest.
Before we delve into the synthetic marijuana horror stories listed below, let us first take a closer look at the drug and see why it poses such a danger to anyone who uses it.
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A woman who showed up at a police station in the Northern Territory to answer bail was promptly arrested after police discovered she was driving a stolen car with drugs inside into the station, says Xavier La Canna in a report for ABC News.
It’s hard enough to deal with a close friend or family member who has a drug problem. In most cases, you can expect a lot of drama—and even violence in some cases—if and when you muster enough courage to stage an intervention and convince your drug-addicted loved one to get help. So you can only imagine how much harder helping a drug addict can be if that person is someone you work with.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has pledged to provide a $300 million funding for drug treatment services as part of its campaign against the ice epidemic gripping the nation, says Siobhan Fogarty in a report for ABC News.
Many small towns in Australia have already been overrun by crystal meth or ice, but the residents of one such town in New South Wales have learned how to fight back, says Jonathan Pearlman in a report for The Telegraph.
A report by OHSAlert says the workplace death toll in Australia is currently on the rise.
Random drug testing has been in place in police services across Australia, but not in the Northern Territory. According to a report by Kieran Banks for NT News, Northern Territory police has yet to implement a drug testing regime for its officers.