Parents, what do you know about spice?
Students, what do you think you know about spice?
Here is a portion of Connor Eckhardt's tragic story. Share it with you children. Students, share it with your friends.
Connor Eckhardt seemed to have a fortunate, all-American
life. He was a happy-go-lucky kid with good parents and a nice family in
Roseville.
Last month, that family
gathered in a hospital to say goodbye to him.
Eckhardt, 19, had apparently
taken one hit from a spice cigarette, collapsed and gone into a coma. He later
died.
Spice is a type of synthetic
marijuana that's illegal but still available for purchase at a smoke shop or a
non-chain convenience store, if you know to ask for it. Eckhardt had been in
rehab for other drugs like heroin, but he reportedly had
been sober for eight months at the time of his death.
"You're never sure what
you get with spice," said Connor Eckhardt's father, Devin Eckhardt.
"Even somebody experienced with it and (who) used it could be subjected to
the same types (of) outcomes the next time they try it."
