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Vital Signs: Synthetic Drugs -- Even A Little Can Do A Lot Of Harm

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They’ve been linked to the death of a teenager in Frisco last year, and to dozens of recent overdoses in the Dallas area. In this edition of Vital Signs, Dr. Brett Roth of the North Texas Poison Center discusses two forms of synthetic drugs, the N-bomb (251 NBOMe) and he begins with a synthetic marijuana called K-2 or Spice.

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Sam Baker is ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº's senior editor and local host for Morning Edition. The native of Beaumont, Texas, also edits and produces radio commentaries and Vital Signs, a series that's part of the station's Breakthroughs initiative. He also was the longtime host of ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº 13’s Emmy Award-winning public affairs program On the Record. He also won an Emmy in 2008 for ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôºâ€™s Sharing the Power: A Voter’s Voice Special, and has earned honors from the Associated Press and the Public Radio News Directors Inc.