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State Sen. Jeff Klein intends to introduce new legislation that would strengthen the penalties for selling synthetic marijuana in the wake of sales of the drug leading to almost 700 emergency room visits at Bronx hospitals in recent months, according to his office.
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Two Cortland men were charged with endangering the welfare of a child over the weekend for smoking synthetic marijuana in front of children.
Unexplained, severe bleeding has been traced to the use of synthetic marijuana in multiple states including Illinois, Wisconsin, Maryland, Indiana and Missouri, officials said.
The Syracuse Rescue Mission dealt with another surge of drug overdoses from synthetic marijuana in late May.
Syracuse Police Chief Frank Fowler says officers find people who've overdosed on synthetic marijuana in all sorts of ways.
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The shift toward synthetics and opioids has been motivated by both marijuana legalization and by changing drug - use patterns in the US
Many users of legal highs — in the US, UK and elsewhere — have become very sick, sometimes even brain damaged, due to smoking the synthetic marijuana.
* Silver said the criminalizing of synthetic marijuana, a measure passed by the Republican - led Senate on Monday, will be taken up in the near future: «We intend to move it forward.
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More than 25 people have been hospitalized in New York City due to bad reactions to the synthetic marijuana known as K2.
The Upstate New York Poison Center reported 500 cases involving synthetic marijuana and similar drugs in 2015.
The bill sponsored by Wills would address that loophole and make sale of the drug by an individual punishable by a criminal fine of up to $ 5,000 and up to a year in prison, or both, and make a shop liable for civil fines of between $ 1,000 and $ 10,000 per violation for selling any product marketed as synthetic marijuana.
Heroin and synthetic marijuana, among other substances, are in our schools and in our communities, threatening their lives daily.
The synthetic marijuana problem has been particularly severe in Syracuse.
Reports of synthetic marijuana laced with rat poison have sparked a health scare in the New York area.
NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito said she plans to introduce legislation to ban the sale of synthetic marijuana, a drug that has prompted increasing alarm in law - enforcement and public - health circles.
A Nanuet head shop was permanently banned Tuesday from selling dangerous substances like synthetic marijuana and bath salts and ordered to pay $ 15,000 in fines and costs, AG Eric Schneiderman's office said.
Senator Klein's office, in coordination with community leaders and local hospitals, has identified 24 stores in The Bronx allegedly selling synthetic marijuana.
Senator Klein's proposed legislation would better equip law enforcement and district attorneys in New York with the tools they need to prosecute and enforce the illegal sale of synthetic marijuana.
Recent reports across the nation have detailed multiple arrests of professional football players for using drugs like synthetic marijuana, K2 or Spice, with other instances ending in trips to the hospital for the highly trained athletes.
BRONX, NY — State Senator and Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester), together with Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj (D - Bronx), Director of Behavioral Health Services at North Bronx Healthcare Network Dr. Maryann Popiel, Director of the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program at Jacobi Hospital Dr. Benjamin Raatjes, community leaders and health officials, today demanded a crackdown on the sale of synthetic marijuana at Jacobi Hospital's Trauma Center in The Bronx.
Powell blames the rise of contraband synthetic marijuana and increased gang activity in the prisons.
«Synthetic marijuana is wreaking havoc on our communities — causing an uptick in hospitalizations and putting our children and families at risk.
Synthetic marijuana was first developed in the South Carolina lab of a Clemson University professor as part of research into therapies for osteoporosis, liver disease and some kinds of cancer.
In June, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 15 deaths in the first few months of 2015 related to synthetic marijuana usIn June, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 15 deaths in the first few months of 2015 related to synthetic marijuana usin the first few months of 2015 related to synthetic marijuana use.
The crackdown came at the request of City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, who in the spring led a walking tour of the area to highlight community concerns about synthetic marijuana sales.
Village Sensations of Nanuet is one of 16 stores in 12 counties being sued by the New York State Attorney General's Office for mislabeling substances such as synthetic marijuana and bath salts in order to get around federal and state laws.
According to Schumer (D - N.Y.), the DEA has banned only 20 of the 300 identified synthetic drug chemicals, barely making a dent in the sale of synthetic marijuana and other hazardous drug - like products commonly found online and in New York City bodegas, gas stations and small stores.
Federal prosecutors are describing the 10 - suspect indictment, announced Wednesday morning, as the «largest law enforcement action» taken in New York City against synthetic marijuana, which is often packaged as «K2» and «Spice.»
Several formulations of designer drugs referred to as «synthetic marijuana» were banned in New York State in 2012, and this past April the state issued an alert about an increase in hospital visits related to the drug.
New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito said Tuesday she planned to introduce legislation to ban the sale of synthetic marijuana, a drug that has prompted increasing alarm in law - enforcement and public - health circles.
According to law enforcement sources, officials are inspecting three Staten Island delis, two in Stapleton and one in Port Richmond, in connection with the bust to determine if they are selling synthetic marijuana.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, shown in an April file photo, called synthetic marijuana use «a public health crisis that is reaching epidemic proportions.»
On Wednesday, Bratton described synthetic marijuana as a «scourge on our society,» and said, «It affects teenagers in public housing, homeless in the city shelter system, and it's quite literally flooding our streets.»
«You can buy synthetic marijuana as easily as you can buy a pack of gum,» Schumer said, standing in front of the 121st Precinct stationhouse in Graniteville during a press conference Wednesday.
More than two dozen people overdosed on the dangerous synthetic marijuana — in the same Bedford - Stuyvesant neighborhood plagued by mass overdoses for the past two years.
With bad weather grounding his plane, Gov. Cuomo announced in New York City a Rochester arrest related to the sale and distribution of the synthetic marijuana substance known as K2.
Nursing staff at Coney Island misdiagnosed Soto as suffering from an overdose of synthetic marijuana, family members have alleged in press accounts.
Rescue Mission CEO Alan Thornton says these overdose surges generally happens when a bad batch of synthetic marijuana, also known as spice, turns up in the neighborhood.
Schneidermann's lawsuit attempted to stop the sale of «Bath Salts» and «Synthetic Marijuana» in violation of the state's labeling laws.
Governor Cuomo says there's been a 10-fold increase in medical emergencies in the state this summer from synthetic marijuana.
Basheer Ahmed, manager of the Bashir Famous Deli in Rochdale, Friday became the first to sign City Councilman Ruben Wills» (D - Jamaica) pledge to ban from his store's shelves synthetic marijuana, a product ostensibly sold as an herbal incense, but one critics say teens and young adults are smoking to get high.
With police seeing a resurgence in synthetic marijuana overdoses, Governor Cuomo has proposed stronger regulations to combat the sale of synthetic pot.
There's been a spike in the number of people heading to emergency rooms in Central New York, for treatment after using synthetic marijuana.
New York City and central New York have particularly seen an uptick in synthetic marijuana use this summer.
Owner Of Village Sensations To Pay $ 15,000 For Violating State Labeling Laws Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced Tuesday, August 14 that a judge has signed a consent order and judgment demanding mislabeled or unlabeled products, including synthetic marijuana and other intoxicants, be permanently removed from the store shelves of Village Sensations in Nanuet.
With police seeing a resurgence in synthetic marijuana overdoses, Governor Cuomo has proposed stronger
The case also resulted in the seizure of 1,000 packets of synthetic marijuana and its chemical analogues.
A 2016 report by the state Senate Independent Democratic Conference found that synthetic marijuana cost state taxpayers more than $ 22.7 million in hospital and jail expenses in 2015.
Beyond the payroll tax and charitable donation programs, Cuomo offered up ideas to reduce traffic congestion in New York City, expand availability of flu vaccines for children, impose restrictions on sex offenders, provide funding for an early voting program, ban synthetic marijuana sales and target physicians who engage in medical misconduct.