The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  is currently coordinating national surveillance activities for possible cases of vitamin K-dependent antagonist coagulopathy associated with synthetic...

In a follow-up of the outbreak of severe bleeding due to the use of synthetic cannabinoids, Illinois health officials report an additional 18 cases and one death, bringing the outbreak total to 56 severe...

The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) is warning people about the dangers of synthetic cannabinoids -often called fake weed, K2 and spice- after a number of people in Chicago who used...

In a follow-up to a report last month, The Alabama Department of Public Health has received reports of an increase in 9-1-1 calls, and Alabama hospitals have reported five deaths and an increase in emergency...

The Health Department today warned New Yorkers not to use synthetic cannabinoids – most commonly referred to as “synthetic marijuana” – after a significant increase in emergency department visits....

A Fort Hood soldier who deployed to Liberia last October to set up Ebola treatment facilities and died upon return to Texas, appears to have died as a result of  synthetic cannabinoids use, according...

Just a few days after Mississippi health officials reported an increase in hospitalizations due to the use of synthetic cannabinoids, neighboring state, Alabama is doing the same. The Alabama Department...

Mississippi health officials report that the number of hospitalizations and emergency room visits due to the use of  synthetic cannabinoids continue to grow in the state. Since April 2, 2015, 97 cases...