From CBS8.com
By Richard Allyn, Reporter
SAN DIEGO (NEWS 8) – It’s a growing problem throughout parts of the nation – teens turning to common plant seeds as a type of party drug to score a cheap but risky high.
Authorities throughout the country and even Canada are warning that teens are using easily accessible plant seeds, including Blue Morning Glory, Hawaiian Baby Woodrose, Yellow Jasmine, Foxwood, Oleander and others, to get an inexpensive high – but one that could be costly to the user’s health. Teens are ingesting the seeds by either swallowing them whole or crushing them to produce a tea…
Former San Diego County Sheriff’s Deputy William Perno now works as a drug prevention specialist for the non-profit SAY San Diego.
“What parents need to know is that the landscape has completely changed from when they were teens themselves. What I would say to parents is to have that conversation with your child,” said Perno.
“Death does not discriminate. Death does not care what age you are, what gender, what race. You make that wrong choice – it can be fatal,” he said.
For more information on local drug prevention resources, visit the San Diego Drug Prevention Resources website.
