On Yesterday’s Massive K2 Overdose in Bed-Stuy

Yesterday, a bad batch of synthetic marijuana—known as K2—sold near the border of Bed-Stuy and Bushwick sent 33 people to the hospital, according to Gothamist and several other outlets. The police responded to a call yesterday morning, in which it was reported that several people wandering the streets were demonstrating “altered mental status.” Witnesses on the scene, or anyone who has ever seen a person reacting to it, more simply say it turns users into zombies; yester