we found an amphetamine. how dangerous is this from a chemical compound situation? quite dangerous. there s a whole range of reported effects ranging from rapid or irregular heartbeat, hallucinogenic effects, seizures, psychosis. there have been several reported suicides. and in grand forks, north dakota the deaths of elijah stai and christian bjerk. it turns out the drugs that killed elijah and christian arrived in grand forks by mail. purchased over the internet by a local drug dealer. he was one of the primary sources of supply for analong controlled substances in this area. but finding that dealer would turn out to be only the beginning in unraveling this deadly mystery which was about to take yet another turn.
cameras are not allowed inside federal court. charles carlton, his wife, quietly crying one behind him, is sentenced to 20 years in prison. outside court, the bjorks leave for the last time. their sentence is for life. it s never going to be done. christian was he was a child. he s our flesh and blood. he s someone that was so important to us that we would have given our lives for him. and, you know, our job now is just to get the word out there to the rest of the people, so that no other families have to go through this kind of thing and to honor our son, to honor his memory. all the kids and young adults sitting in here today, please tell them this story. since their son, christian s death, the bjorks have become activists, getting out the word on the dangers of sympathetic drugs. thanks to their efforts, north dakota has put in new
tryptamine. we found an amphetamine analysis. how dangerous is this from a chemical compound situation? quite dangerous. there s a whole range of reported effects ranging from rapid or irregular heartbeat, hallucinogenic effects, seizures, psychosis. there have been several reported suicides. and in grand forks, north dakota, the deaths of elijah stai and christian bjerk. it turns out the drugs that killed elijah and christian arrived in grand forks by mail. purchased over the internet by a local drug dealer. he was one of the primary sources of supply for controlled substances in this area. but finding that dealer would turn out to be only the beginning in unraveling this deadly mystery which was about to take yet another turn.
been there to speak about her son christian and to play this video. it put a human being behind the name. it s one thing to read a name on a sheet of paper that, you know, this person died. it s another thing to see actual footage of them, you know, talking, walking, being with their family. she will be there when charles carlton is sentenced. you will, upon sentencing, see and hear from those parents. i will. undoubtedly, christian s mom is going to play that video of her son. have you thought about how you re going to handle that moment? i haven t. i mean, i ve thought about the moment, but i haven t necessarily thought about how i m going to handle it. that will be the same moment theoretically you ll have to say good-bye to your kids.
thanks to their efforts north dakota has put in new legislation banning a number of synthetics, and federally the drug that killed christian and elijah is now on the list of banned substances. the stuff is not safe just because you can order it on the internet. don t be fooled by that. don t put yourself and your family in the position that these families in grand forks found themselves. talk to your kids, that synthetic drugs are dangerous. all drugs are dangerous. this was done for the memorial for eli. his friend signed that. that came. the family of elijah stai say they do hope their son s death can be a warning to others about the dangers of synthetic designer drugs. our lives were turned upside down. our lives will never be the same. i don t know if you can really put something like that into words, what your life is like