![]() ![]() This stuff can make you crazy.”Ī change in kids’ behavior is a warning sign for parents. “Cloud 9 has some very nasty side effects,” Vieder said. It’s a change in chemical structure,” Vieder said.Ĭloud 9 is highly addictive and users develop a fast tolerance to it, meaning more has to be ingested to reach the euphoria users first experienced with the drug, Vieder and Colone said. The synthetic drugs are not organic and are made of a variety of chemical substances. Physicians are asking parents to be on the alert, to understand the drug and its potential impact on their children. Pino Colone, service chief of Emergency Medicine at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital. Synthetic drugs are chemical experiments done by profiteers.”Įlevated heart rates, seizures, hallucinations, vomiting, agitation and even brain hemorrhages are among the the health hazards associated with Cloud 9. “Sometimes it is sold behind the counter,” Bouchard said. Undercover sheriff deputies have already visited gas stations, party stores and other retail outlets. Four students in Canton also reportedly became ill by the substance.įarmington Hills Police Chief Chuck Nebus and former Farmington Public Services Director Bob Schulz said they have not received any reports of Cloud 9 incidents.īut Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard isn’t waiting for a tragedy. News of the new drug captured public attention when it was reported to have been taken by two Westland John Glenn High School students recently. “And neither individual would admit they used it.” “There is no great testing for it,” Vieder said. ![]() ![]() Two young people arrived in the hospital emergency room with symptoms that could be attributable to the use of Cloud 9, a drug manufactured in chemical labs. Sanford Vieder, Botsford Hospital’s chairman and medical director of the Emergency & Trauma Center. “We’ve seen what we believe were two cases,” said Dr. Parents are being warned about a new synthetic drug, a chemical variant of K-2, that’s considered highly dangerous and being sold in southeast Michigan. ![]()
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