State report finds potent cannabinoids in Spice

A new report from the state health department confirms alarming facts about synthetic drugs that have overwhelmed emergency responders in Anchorage.
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Researchers with the state’s epidemiology division looked at hundreds of medical records from emergency rooms in two Anchorage hospitals during a six-week period this summer [July 15 – Sept 30]. More than 150 visits were flagged as cases that were likely Spice-related. Twenty percent of the patients were adm