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The Public Health Response to a Large Poisoning Outbreak Involving an Illicit Substance: Synthetic Cannabinoids Contaminated With a Long-Acting Anticoagulant Rodenticide, Illinois, March-July, 2018.

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During March-July 2018, the Illinois Department of Public Health responded to an acute outbreak of severe coagulopathy among patients with recent synthetic cannabinoid use. Toxicological testing indicated that cases were exposed to brodifacoum, a long-acting anticoagulant rodenticide. A total of 174

An outbreak of severe coagulopathy from synthetic cannabinoids tainted with Long-Acting anticoagulant rodenticides.

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Objective: To describe a large regional poison center's experience managing an outbreak of long-acting anticoagulant rodenticide (LAAR) poisoning associated with synthetic cannabinoid (SC) use.Methods: This is a retrospective review of exposures reported to the Illinois Poison Center

Effects of vitamin K1 treatment on plasma concentrations of long-acting anticoagulant rodenticide enantiomers following inhalation of contaminated synthetic cannabinoids.

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Background: An outbreak of synthetic cannabinoid (SC)-associated coagulopathy and bleeding in Illinois, USA was determined to be due to inhalation of SC contaminated with brodifacoum (BDF), difenacoum (DiF), and bromadiolone (BDL), highly potent long-acting anticoagulant rodenticides (LAARs).

Synthetic cannabinoid-associated coagulopathy secondary to long-acting anticoagulant rodenticides: Observational case series and management recommendations.

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Synthetic cannabinoids have become increasingly popular drugs of abuse due to low cost and inability to detect these substances on routine drug screenings. In the United States, incidence of synthetic cannabinoid contamination with long-acting anticoagulant rodenticides (LAARs) resulting in

Anticoagulant effects of a Cannabis extract in an obese rat model.

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Blood coagulation studies were conducted to determine the possible anti-/prothrombotic effect of an organic cannabis extract and the three major cannabinoids, THC, CBD and CBN. The in vitro effect of the cannabis extract on thrombin activity produced an IC50 value of 9.89 mg/ml, compared to THC at

A Review of Cannabis and Interactions With Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Agents.

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Legalization of medical cannabis has occurred in 33 states and the District of Columbia, and recreational use has increased exponentially since 2013. As a result, it is important to understand how cannabis interacts with other drugs and has potential risks for patients on concomitant medications.

Adherence to Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients with Life-Threatening, Inhaled Synthetic Cannabinoids-Associated Coagulopathy in Chicago.

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A large-scale outbreak of life-threatening, inhaled synthetic cannabinoids (Spice/K2)-associated coagulopathy with bleeding complications was recently reported in Illinois. The causative agents were brodifacoum, difenacoum, and bromadiolone, potent, long-acting, 4-hydroxycoumarin anticoagulant

An Outbreak of Synthetic Cannabinoid-Associated Coagulopathy in Illinois.

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In March and April 2018, more than 150 patients presented to hospitals in Illinois with coagulopathy and bleeding diathesis. Area physicians and public health organizations identified an association between coagulopathy and synthetic cannabinoid use. Preliminary tests of patient serum samples and

Acute renal infarction induced by heavy marijuana smoking.

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Acute renal infarction usually occurs in patients with severe atherosclerosis or valvular heart disease. We here report a 42-year Saudi male who presented with severe abdominal pain nausea and vomiting associated with hematuria, after heavy smoking of marijuana. Computed tomography abdomen revealed

Bad weed: synthetic cannabinoid-associated coagulopathy.

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Recent multistate outbreaks of coagulopathy caused by brodifacoum-tainted synthetic cannabinoids or "fake weed" highlight the public health impact of long-acting anticoagulant rodenticides (LAARs). Patients presenting with this syndrome have had recent exposure to synthetic cannabinoids,

Brodifacoum Poisoning Linked to Synthetic Marijuana Use in Wisconsin

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Introduction: Recent outbreaks of brodifacoum-induced coagulopathy resulting from the use of synthetic cannabinoids represents a growing public health concern. Brodifacoum is a commonly used and commercially available rodenticide that has

Hemorrhagic Soft Tissue Upper Airway Obstruction From Brodifacoum-Contaminated Synthetic Cannabinoid.

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More than 60 types of cannabinoids are found in nature; the remaining are chemically synthesized analogs of natural cannabinoids. Synthetic cannabinoids were first reported in the United States in 2008. These compounds are usually smoked by users and are sold under various names.

Brodifacoum-contaminated synthetic marijuana: clinical and radiologic manifestations of a public health outbreak causing life-threatening coagulopathy.

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Synthetic marijuana is a dangerous substance due to its potency, ever-changing composition, and unpredictable side effects. Recently, brodifacoum-contaminated synthetic marijuana has led to multiple deaths and morbidity throughout the USA from severe coagulopathy associated with use of this strain

Grass is not always greener: rodenticide exposure of a threatened species near marijuana growing operations.

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OBJECTIVE Marijuana (Cannabis spp.) growing operations (MGO) in California have increased substantially since the mid-1990s. One environmental side-effect of MGOs is the extensive use of anticoagulant rodenticides (AR) to prevent damage to marijuana plants caused by wild rodents. In association with

Lethal coagulopathy resulting from the consumption of contaminated synthetic cannabinoids: the story of a public health crisis.

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In March 2018, Illinois saw the outbreak of an unprecedented public health crisis, which manifested as the development of a potentially lethal coagulopathy associated with the consumption of synthetic cannabinoids. This outbreak impacted a reported 174 patients, and was responsible for the deaths of

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