{"id":101072,"date":"2023-12-20T15:48:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T15:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/?p=101072"},"modified":"2023-12-20T15:48:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T15:48:49","slug":"boy-rushed-to-hospital-after-vaping-synthetic-drug-spice-at-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/world-news\/boy-rushed-to-hospital-after-vaping-synthetic-drug-spice-at-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy rushed to hospital after vaping synthetic drug Spice at school"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Boy, 13, is rushed to hospital and four others fall sick after vaping synthetic drug Spice at secondary school<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Child was thought to have inhaled the Class B substance through a vape pen\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Five children have taken unwell with one being hospitalised after smoking a substance at a school during their lunch break.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened at Graeme High in Falkirk on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Police Scotland say that officers were called school shortly after 1pm.<\/p>\n<p>A 13-year-old boy was so unwell he was taken to Forth Valley Royal Hospital by paramedics for treatment, but he has since been discharged.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s thought they inhaled the substance, which is reported to be Spice, through a vape pen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/15\/79175931-12885841-image-a-30_1703086712100.jpg\" height=\"367\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A 13-year-old boy was one of five children rushed to hospital from Graeme High School in Falkirk after inhaling the drug Spice<\/p>\n<p>Spice is a nickname for herbal smoking compounds containing one or more of a group of drugs called \u2018synthetic cannabinoids\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>A major investigation into the incident has been launched.<\/p>\n<p>A Police Scotland spokesperson said: \u201cAround 1.05pm on Monday, 18 December 2023, police were called to a report that five children had taken unwell at a school in Falkirk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne child, a 13-year-old boy, was taken by ambulance to Forth Valley Royal Hospital as a precaution. He has since been discharged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA joint enquiry with the school and police is ongoing into the circumstances surrounding the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>WHAT IS SPICE?<\/h3>\n<p><font>Spice is a synthetic high which falls into a category of drug-like substances that can be bought in shops or online without breaking the law, but which give the body the same artificial rush of endorphins &#8211; or &#8216;high&#8217; &#8211; as illegal drugs such as cannabis or ecstasy.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font>Black Mamba is a variation of Spice, a synthetic cannabinoid which has similar effects to natural cannabis.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font>However it is much more potent and reacts more strongly with the brain&#8217;s receptors.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font>Regular use can cause a relapse of mental health illness or increase the risk of developing a mental illness especially if someone has a family history of mental illness.\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font>Earlier this year, a global drugs survey found that hospital admissions as a result of taking the herbal substance Spice have increased by one-third since 2014.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font>Reported effects include convulsions, shortness of breath, kidney failure and cardiac arrest, as well as hallucinations and irreparable damage to the user&#8217;s mental health.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font>Spice is treated as a Class B drug.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12885841\/boy-hospital-sick-vaping-spice-drug-school.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boy, 13, is rushed to hospital and four others fall sick after vaping synthetic drug Spice at secondary school Child was thought to have inhaled the Class B substance through a vape pen\u00a0 Five children have taken unwell with one being hospitalised after smoking a substance at a school during<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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