With lawmakers now ramping up efforts to rid synthetic marijuana from the streets, Community Board 7 is once again doing its part by sponsoring a forum on the impact the drug has had on neighborhoods.
Synthetic marijuana, also known as K2, has seen a growing number of users across the city, including the Bronx. The substance, packaged as incense, causes severe side effects that are potentially fatal. They are usually sold at bodegas with little to no oversight.
Details are still being worked out by CB7 organizers. The first K2 forum by CB7 was held at North Central Bronx Hospital on May 26 with officials from the NYPD, Bronx District Attorney’s Office and St. Barnabas Hospital.
Since then, police took down two major K2 mills in the Eastchester and Soundview sections of the Bronx, netting millions of dollars worth of K2 drugs.
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