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New Drug Named “Smiles” Is Linked To Teen Deaths

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The kid was reportedly “shaking, growling, and foaming at the mouth.”

That led to him smashing his head against the ground.

Two hours later, he was dead.

No, it’s not a scene from American Horror Story.

It was a real-life occurrence in Grand Forks, North Dakota–and if you love irony, the drug the guy was on is called “Smiles”!

That’s the street term for 2C-1, the latest hallucinogen that’s sweeping the nation, as bath salts take a back burner, as it were.

In some cases, “Smiles” is a sensory assault that seems to make things psychedelic and pseudo-profound, until the images get really ugly and horrifying–sort of like the last Oliver Stone film.

I hate to become a hectoring mix of Nancy Reagan and the narrator of Reefer Madness, but I’d recommend staying away from this.

Even if you like that sort of thing.

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