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Rat poison is just one of the potentially dangerous substances likely to be mixed into illicit drugs

  • Written by C. Michael White, Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
imageImpurities are often added to recreational drugs to mask poor quality.Sebastian Leesch/EyeEm via Getty Images

Over 150 people in Illinois started bleeding uncontrollably after using synthetic cannabis-based products – including fake marijuana, Spice and K2 – that contained the rat poison brodifacoum in March and April 2018. By the end...

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