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Zombie outbreak in New York City

James Marusek

By James Marusek, in Rants & Raves

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James Marusek    5,244

James Marusek
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First off, this has absolutely nothing to do with gastric bypass or weight loss surgery.

I read through my morning newsletters and came across this article. Apparently there is a new synthetic cannabinoid that is 85 times more powerful than THC, the main mind-altering ingredient found in marijuana. It puts people in a "zombie-like" state: staring blankly, moving and responding to medics slowly, and occasionally groaning. I think this synthetic cannabinoid has the nickname Spice, which is probably after the book/movie called Dune.

http://acsh.org/news/2017/01/21/drug-85-times-more-potent-thc-caused-zombie-outbreak-new-york-city-10754

There are many addictions in the world. Some are addicted to overeating while others are addicted to becoming zombies.

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Newme17    3,444

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It's a little comical how the article stated the people as victims. Unless they were forced to smoke it, I don't believe they should be called victims. Victims are domestic abused, child abused, etc.

Other than that, any addiction can kill. But the synthetic one is just ghastly. We've got a problem here in my city with it too, especially teens. We always hear of someone dying from it.

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Raymia    565

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Well as long as they don't start eating people's brains and spreading a virus, I guess it's okay how long does the symptoms last?

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This is old news. People were using spice on the west coast 10 years ago when I was in high school.

It's bad stuff and can kill you. I never touched that stuff. I've been using marijuana since I was 16 though and have never had any issues with it.

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Torriluv87    300

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I dont want to hijack because this is a problem. But am i the only one that thought this was a post about being able to run in a zombie apocalypse? I live and am from nyc. If this happens i need to be prepared lol

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@@Torriluv87 LMAO !!!!

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