FACTS
THE STARTLING TRUTH: About Synthetic Drugs
1 in 9
TWELFTH GRADERS
in 2012 in the U.S. reported using synthetic cannabinoids in the previous year.
20%
MORE
new synthetic psychoactive substances were introduced in the last year.
1,512
MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
related to Spice in 2015. That’s a 5X increase since 2014.
650
DESIGNER DRUGS
have flooded Europe over the last ten years.
11,000
ER VISITS
were associated with synthetic marijuana over a one-year period in the U.S.
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