A man detained at a New Jersey facility housing civilly committed sex offenders died of a drug overdose earlier this year just before the unit stepped up efforts to crack down on contraband, state ...

The synthetic drug K2/Spice is illegal and dangerous, and it is being used at the Allegheny County Jail as well as other jails across the country. A person can get “high” from the drug, but the drug ...

A Westchester County family says K2, also known as synthetic marijuana, led to the death of their loved one after he became addicted to it. They say the unregulated drug is often sold in gas stations ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Deputies slapped handcuffs on a person at the criminal courthouse on Monday, but the Harris County sheriff said the one in custody makes his living defending alleged ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday signed into law three new bills aimed at curbing the use of K2 synthetic marijuana and increasing violations for those who seek to sell ...

A Biloxi Councilman’s kratom and CBD stores were raided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency last week, where agents say they found synthetic cannabis products mislabled as CBD. Robert Deming owns ...

Synthetic marijuana is very different from tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). It’s called K2, synthetic marijuana, and it has caused a cluster of deaths in Chicago. The Chicago Tribune reported three arrests ...

An inmate at the Erie County Correctional Facility in Alden is accused of having been caught with synthetic marijuana in his prosthetic leg. Gregorio Chevere, 39, of Buffalo, was arrested Thursday ...

A former Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection employee and an incarcerated inmate were both charged in connection with possessing and moving a synthetic drug through a federal prison, ...

A 34-year-old Wichita man died Wednesday morning in north Wichita after reportedly smoking synthetic marijuana commonly called K2 or spice. The actual cause of death is pending an autopsy by the ...