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Tainted Synthetic Marijuana Sickens More Than 90 in Midwest, Killing 2

FILE — Empty packets of synthetic marijuana at a Drug Enforcement Administration laboratory in Dulles, Va., May 1, 2015. Two people have died and at least 90 more have been hospitalized with an array of symptoms after ingesting synthetic marijuana, also known as Spice or K2, across the midwest in 2018; more cases are being reported each day. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The New York Times)