For those chemicals? we re not aware. reporter: which brings us to our online purchase of the synthetic drugs we sent to a chemical lab in ann arbor, michigan. it is here that our packs of afghan black ultra, ivy dove and ocean snow were tested and all of them contain dangerous chemicals sold according to greg with only one purpose. we found a variety of cub stances including synthetic flavonoids and hother chemicals. reporter: how dangerous is this stuff? quite dangerous. there is a variety of reported effects ranging from rapid or irregular heart beat, hallucinations, seizures, psychosis, there are several
Reported suicides. reporter: and vice president of chemistry here and works closely with law enforcement to help them find an infestation of chemically produced poison swarming the u.s. so when the package says not for human consumption, it s a collector s item? i don t believe it. reporter: the black ultra looks like marijuana linked most closely with a known and dangerous compound called xlr 11, a drug made illegal. a schedule one drug in the same law enforcement category as heroin and the website we bought it from says they don t sell banned substances. cayman chemicals company ran the test to compare our purchases to to the chemical known drugs and our afghan black ultra had something else, a surprise spike. that is the hallucination. reporter: added for an added high and the other packages, ocean snow, ivy dove ultra, vanilla sky contained
Synthetic drugs but the manufacturers have stayed one step ahead of the law by constantly altering the chemical composition. once they alter the chemical, it s no longer controlled substance. reporter: so it s a game? it is. reporter: every time, even the hint of a regulation comes for a particular chemical compound, they are already developing the next mode? these chemical companies have a new chemical compound ready to take the place of the drugs we control. reporter: is there any legitimate industry l purposes? we re not aware. reporter: which brings us to our online purchase of the synthetic drugs we sent to a chemical lab in ann arbor, michigan. our packages of afghan black ultra, ivy dove and ocean snow were tested and all of them