30 dead after use of synthetic drugs in Norway – Future in North

– On the substance Norway has a sad world record, said Dr. Andreas Westin at St. Olav’s Hospital Aftenposten.

Synthetic cannabis is among the other artificially produced drugs that exist in this country. Sunday stated Westin Trønder-Avisa that the first death with synthetic marijuana that cause of death is confirmed in Norway. There was a man in his 20s who died of drug earlier this year.

But there may be other Norwegians also have died from having used synthetic marijuana in the past but that the cause of death has not been discovered, says Westin.

– These are substances that are hard to find at autopsies. In addition, there are many synthetic drugs in circulation that we even do not know, say superior. He warns strongly against using synthetic drugs.

– There has been much debate lately about the legalization of drugs, but in this case it is very easy to be categorical. Synthetic drugs are very dangerous, he said. (© NTB)