Fort Meade Taking on Synthetic Marijuana

Published January 13, 2013

Fort Meade taking on synthetic marijuana
A drug test identified the problem: The young man had become the latest service member at Fort Meade to experience an adverse reaction to synthetic marijuana. … Three patients continued to suffer psychotic symptoms more than five months later. Read more on Baltimore Sun

Abuse of 'New' Opana Linked to Blood Disorder
Drug users who inject the new "abuse-deterrent" version of Opana ER (oxymorphone) may be at risk of developing a serious blood disease, according to Tennessee health officials. A total of 15 cases of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) have been … Read more on MedPage Today

Man convicted in only second federal bath salts case to go to trial
A woman with a family member in the throes of bath salt addiction alerted local investigators to the emergence of the debilitating drug two years ago. Task force detectives used a confidential informant to purchase synthetic drugs from C-Ville Video … Read more on The Daily Progress