Things went tragically wrong this week in Mooresville, North Carolina when a local high school student unknowingly ingested a dangerous form of synthetic marijuana. Now, we see a vape shop clerk charged after teen overdoses on synthetic cannabinoid.
Black Diamond “CBD Oil”
According to local news source wsoctv, the teenage high school student went to Tobacco & Vapor, a vape shop in Mooresville, to purchase CBD oil. The shop sold the student a product called Black Diamond, which was labeled as “CBD oil.”
At some point after consuming the oil, the student suffered an overdose. While investigating the case, authorities determined that the oil was not actually CBD. Instead, it was a dangerous form of synthetic marijuana.
Reports said the vape oil was either a substance called 5F-ADB or FUB-AMB. Both of these substances are synthetic cannabinoids, and they’re both known to produce very dangerous side effects.
5F-ADB was linked to at least 10 fatal overdoses in Japan between September 2014 and December 2014. The substance has since been classified a Schedule I banned drug in the U.S.
Similarly, FUB-AMB was one of the primary ingredients in the synthetic marijuana that led to a “mass casualty event” in Brooklyn during the summer of 2016.
That summer, 33 people between the ages of 25 and 59 suffered severe side effects after consuming synthetic marijuana containing FUB-AMB. Eighteen of those 33 were hospitalized.
Additionally, the substance was linked to as many as 20 deaths in New Zealand last year.
Along with a high risk of fatal overdose, other side effects of these synthetic cannabinoids include loss of consciousness, coma, stroke, seizures and dangerous convulsions.
Similarly, the substances often leave people in a dazed,