Synthetic Cannabinoids—Not Opioids—Caused Teen “Cannabis” Overdose

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Two youths found unconscious in Milton, Ontario, after smoking what bystanders believed was cannabis were actually smoking synthetic cannabinoids—which they purchased from a head shop that had labelled them as the psychotropic herb salvia. (Both are illegal in Canada.)CBC Toronto

• Police administered anti-opioid drug naloxone and the two victims, 16 and 18, came . . .
  

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