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USA. Synthetic Cannabis Laced With Poison Linked to Severe Bleeding, CDC Warns
USA. Synthetic Cannabis Laced With Poison Linked to Severe Bleeding, CDC Warns
(...) From March 10 through April 5, 94 people have presented to emergency departments (89 in Illinois, two in Indiana, one in Maryland, one in Missouri, and one in Wisconsin) with potentially life-threatening vitamin K–dependent antagonist coagulopathy after using synthetic cannabinoids. Two individuals have died.
Laboratory testing confirmed that at least 18 individuals had been exposed to brodifacoum, a highly lethal vitamin K antagonist anticoagulant. It is used in commercial products for killing rodents and other pests. (Medscape, USA, 06.04.2018)