Synthetic Marijuana - Deadly Drug Available At The Corner Store
11/09/2011 10:20 AM
When it comes to drugs, people have always understood that if you need to go to a back alley to buy it, it is probably not something you should put into your body. But times have changed. Now, there are new dangers lurking right around the corner, at convenience stores, smoke shops, gas stations, and even the local mall: synthetic drugs. These “legal” items, such as synthetic marijuana, are not grown in the ground like typical marijuana, but are engineered in labs and designed to be many times more potent than their natural counterparts. However, just because you can buy them in the open (for now) at the local corner store does not make them safe -- far from it.
Our Firm is currently handling a products liability case on behalf of the family of Max Dobner; a young man who died after smoking synthetic marijuana he and a friend purchased at a smoke shop in the neighborhood mall in Aurora, IL. Sadly, delusions and panic attacks like Max suffered are common problems associated with unregulated, designer synthetic drugs, such as the product he smoked, “iAroma Hypnotic.” Legislators are doing whatever they can to keep up and try and ban these dangerous products from the marketplace, but science and technology can move faster than the law. Sadly, common sense has been unable to prevail, and these deadly products continue to be sold -- often to teenagers -- without any warning as to what the stuff is, and what it can do to you. Social media and the internet are often used to target teenagers as customers for these products, making it seem to children that since these products are openly sold on store shelves, and are refereed to as “aromatic potpourri” they are safe. Nothing could be further from the truth. They are not only dangerous, and potentially deadly, they are far from acceptable and legal. Case in point, the three LSU football players recently suspended after testing positive for using these products (click here for an ESPN story on the situation).
Hopefully, personal injury lawsuits like the one we have filed in DuPage County on behalf of the Dobner family will help get these dangerous products off the shelves and send the message to retailers that the public does not want these dangerous chemicals available to kids. Holding those who produce, distribute, and market these items accountable for the poison they are selling can help prevent further tragedies like Max’s death.
Click here to see a recent ABC7 news story on the Max Dobner case, and what the Illinois Attorney General is doing to fight the synthetic marijuana problem.
Our Firm is currently handling a products liability case on behalf of the family of Max Dobner; a young man who died after smoking synthetic marijuana he and a friend purchased at a smoke shop in the neighborhood mall in Aurora, IL. Sadly, delusions and panic attacks like Max suffered are common problems associated with unregulated, designer synthetic drugs, such as the product he smoked, “iAroma Hypnotic.” Legislators are doing whatever they can to keep up and try and ban these dangerous products from the marketplace, but science and technology can move faster than the law. Sadly, common sense has been unable to prevail, and these deadly products continue to be sold -- often to teenagers -- without any warning as to what the stuff is, and what it can do to you. Social media and the internet are often used to target teenagers as customers for these products, making it seem to children that since these products are openly sold on store shelves, and are refereed to as “aromatic potpourri” they are safe. Nothing could be further from the truth. They are not only dangerous, and potentially deadly, they are far from acceptable and legal. Case in point, the three LSU football players recently suspended after testing positive for using these products (click here for an ESPN story on the situation).
Hopefully, personal injury lawsuits like the one we have filed in DuPage County on behalf of the Dobner family will help get these dangerous products off the shelves and send the message to retailers that the public does not want these dangerous chemicals available to kids. Holding those who produce, distribute, and market these items accountable for the poison they are selling can help prevent further tragedies like Max’s death.
Click here to see a recent ABC7 news story on the Max Dobner case, and what the Illinois Attorney General is doing to fight the synthetic marijuana problem.