People’s Eyes Are Bleeding After They Take Synthetic ‘Weed’

By Miami Herald. There’s a fake form of marijuana going around Illinois — and it’s making people bleed from their eyes and ears.

The Illinois Department of Public Health issued a warning about synthetic “weed” known as “spice,” “K2” or “Mind Trip” on March 27. At that time, there were six people who reported “severe bleeding” after taking the fake pot since March 7, according to the state department.

That number grew to 22 people in Illinois by March 29, according to The Chicago Tribune. Dr. Melissa Millewich, an emergency room physician at an Illinois hospital, said it’s a new symptom for the drug, which some erroneously view as a safe alternative to pot.

“This bleeding is not expected,” she told the newspaper, “at least in such a significant population so quickly.”

In July, over 100 people overdosed on so-called synthetic pot in a Pennsylvania county over the span of just three days, CNN reported, but no one died. And in 2015, around 700 people in Mississippi reported overdosing after taking the fake marijuana. At least eleven people died in that case. (Read more from “People’s Eyes Are Bleeding After They Take Synthetic ‘Weed'” HERE)

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Synthetic Pot May Be Causing Severe Bleeding, Health Officials Say

By BND. State health officials are warning that some people using synthetic cannabis may end up hemorrhaging and should seek medical assistance.

Four people have been hospitalized in the past two weeks with severe bleeding caused by a vitamin K-dependent lack of coagulation, which reduces blood’s ability to clot. The condition is treatable if caught early, according to officials from the Illinois Department of Public Health, which sent out a warning Friday afternoon. (Read more from “Synthetic Pot May Be Causing Severe Bleeding, Health Officials Say” HERE)

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