DEA heads have been refusing to move forward with scheduling for Delta-8, a synthetic THC drug that has been linked to over 100 overdoses. The DEA is lagging behind on making a ruling on whether or not delta 8 online will be scheduled as well as two others that are also becoming increasingly popular – K2 and Spice.
Many of these drugs have been linked to the increasing number of teens being admitted into rehab. Parents and school counselors have been reporting high numbers of students using these drugs due to how cheap they are and easy they can get them through friends. Many parents had no clue their children were even taking drugs until police told them after an overdose had occurred. If individuals were caught at school with alcohol, they would face suspension or worse, but with these other drugs, no disciplinary action is taken.
There were over 4, 200 overdoses in 2010 compared to almost 3, 000 in 2009 according to the DEA’s National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA) report. These numbers are growing every year and the availability of them has increased 143 percent between 2008 and 2009. It was found that 2 out of 5 teens have tried marijuana before they even enter their senior year in high school which leads us to how cheap these drugs are for teenagers to get their hands on. One study states that 6.5 percent of 12th-grade students use Spice monthly compared to only 1.1 percent who smoke cigarettes monthly.
Can you legally order Delta 8 online? Yes. According to Dr. Robert L Larrivee, director at the Northern Illinois Institute of Drug Abuse, adults are now using these drugs as well. His institute has seen an increase in the number of patients between 35-55 years’ old who have been taking K2 or Spice to get high. Although they want to quit, once they try it they cannot stop. He compared this behavior with that of cocaine users due to how powerful these synthetic drugs can be and also because their cravings take over them which causes them to take more than one hit at a time which could lead to overdosing. The problems caused by these three drugs are not just affecting individual families but entire communities as well since locals are seeing increases in crime rates due to how widespread the drug abuse is becoming especially among young people.
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