Champaign-Urbana's public health chief said local businesses are cooperating with efforts to clamp down on synthetic cannabinoids that have killed three people in Illinois.
Champaign-Urbana Public Health District Administrator Julie Pryde said she visited convenience stores, liquor stores and tobacco shops in the county and found no traces of the so-called "fake weed." Pryde also said the shop managers allowed her to post flyers about the epidemic.
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Pryde made the comments Wednesday on the WDWS Morning Show.
The Illinois Department of Public Health said since March 7, 114 people have suffered severe bleeding after using the synthetic cannabinoids. None of the reported cases are in Champaign County.
DWS Morning Show
PODCAST: Julie Pryde 4-11-18
Dave Gentry and Elizabeth Hess are joined by Champaign-Urbana Public Health Administrator Julie Pryde.
