Sentences with phrase «for synthetic cannabinoids»
The number of ER visits throughout the city for synthetic cannabinoids are on the rise, according to the city's Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett.
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In light of current loopholes in state law, Senator Klein also announced his first budget priority of the legislative session would be to secure funding for street drug test kits that would enable local law enforcement to better detect the presence of synthetic cannabinoids sold over the counter at local stores and bodegas.
For instance, they have found synthetic cannabinoids in some liquids that weren't labelled as containing any drug other than nicotine but were suspiciously expensive.
A research group led by Olga Malyshevskaya and Yoshihiro Urade of International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI - IIIS), University of Tsukuba, discovered that seizures, a life - threatening condition, can be induced by natural Δ9 - tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9 - THC, main constituent of marijuana) or the synthetic cannabinoid JWH - 018 (main component of synthetic blend «Spice») in mice.
Two synthetic cannabinoids — compounds that act on specific receptors in the brain — have been approved for medical use in the U.S., both of which mimic a form of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), the compound responsible for the «high» of recreational cannabis use.
The researchers also found that being unemployed increased the odds for reporting use of synthetic cathinones or synthetic cannabinoids.
These synthetic cannabinoids are marketed in incense mixtures as «legal highs» via the Internet and are «flooding the market,» as Siegfried Knasmüller from the Institute for Cancer Research at the MedUni Vienna warns.
Our investigations on human cell lines in the laboratory have shown that synthetic cannabinoids, in the high concentrations found in cells in the oral cavity or in the lungs, for example, are likely to trigger damage to the DNA that may have significant consequences for the consumers of such substances.
«But for the new drugs, like fentanyl and synthetic cannabinoids, they would have to collect a blood sample and ship it to a toxicology lab.
Synthetic cannabinoids in «Spice» products have been responsible for «zombie outbreaks» across the country.