Wow, I guess you should know your pot dealer like you know your local farmer. ... Better yet, grow your own..

Fake marijuana likely contaminated with rat poison has killed three people in Illinois and caused severe bleeding in more than 100 others, including a few in four other states.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has alerted doctors nationwide that patients with severe, unexplained bleeding may be additional cases.

The CDC is helping Illinois authorities investigate the outbreak in that state, which began in early March. Illinois reported seven more cases on Tuesday, bringing the nationwide total to at least 116.

Several patients and samples of so-called synthetic marijuana from Illinois have tested positive for a lethal ingredient often used in rat poison, the CDC and Illinois authorities said.

Symptoms include coughing up blood, blood in the urine, severe bloody noses, bleeding gums and internal bleeding. CDC’s alert says outside Illinois, emergency rooms in Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin and Maryland have treated affected patients since March 10.

Illnesses have been linked to fake marijuana before but this is the first outbreak involving rat poison contamination, said the CDC’s Renee Funk. Those sickened require hospitalization and treatment with vitamin K to control bleeding, she said.

“This is an unusual outbreak,” Funk said Tuesday, adding that is unclear how the contamination occurred.

Fake marijuana, also called synthetic cannabinoids, contains man-made chemicals that produce a high similar to marijuana. It is sold in smoke shops and other stores as liquids that can be used in e-cigarettes or in dried plant material that can be smoked. Nicknames include K2, Spice and Kush.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/04/11/fake-marijuana-likely-tainted-rat-poison-kills-3-causes-severe-bleeding-100-others/506068002/

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Richard Hartley-ParkinsonThursday 12

Three people have died and more than 100 people have suffered severe bleeding from smoking weed believed to be laced with rat poison. The deaths all happened in the state of Illinois but four other states have reported cases. thumbnail for post ID 9963910Sisters turn off beaten 'brother's' life support...only for him to turn up alive and well Tests have been carried out on the synthetic weed and several patients and they came back positive for a lethal ingredient often used in rat poison. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued a national alert patients with severe, unexplained bleeding may be additional cases. The CDC is helping Illinois authorities investigate the outbreak in that state, which began in early March. Illinois reported seven more cases on Tuesday, bringing the nationwide total to at least 116.

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