Tests Confirm Utah Teens Overdosed on New Synthetic Drug (pink)

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Nov 3, 4:42 PM EDT

TESTS CONFIRM UTAH TEENS OVERDOSED ON NEW SYNTHETIC DRUG

BY LINDSAY WHITEHURST
ASSOCIATED PRESS

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Toxicology tests confirm two 13-year-old boys in the Utah ski-resort town of Park City overdosed on a new synthetic drug that is available online and was also found at the estate of entertainer Prince after he died, police said Thursday.

Ryan Ainsworth and Grant Seaver died of acute intoxication of a drug called U-47700, sometimes known as "pink," Park City Police Chief Wade Carpenter said in a statement, citing results from the Utah Office of the Medical Examiner.

It's among a new generation of opioid drugs being synthesized in labs overseas and is too new as a recreational drug to be listed as illegal.

The drug got to Park City after other local teens ordered it from China, according to search warrants. One teenager has been charged with distribution of a controlled substance and reckless endangerment as police investigate a group of kids in the picturesque town known for hosting the Sundance Film Festival.

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[Warpy]

1. The use of psychoactive plants is as old as the human race is

and quite possibly also dates back to our simian common ancestor and before.

Instead of racing to make everything illegal, just legalize poppy heads, coca leaves, cannabis, and other psychoactive plants. Anything less is insane. Restrict anything refined from those to adults. Use the money saved by not sending paramilitary groups abroad to fight against farmers to finance rehab for anyone who runs into trouble and wants help getting out of it.

The drug war is not working, unless you want oppression and a lot of new and worse drugs.