found in this overlap with drugs with potential legitimate therapeutic use. for this lateral group of compound requirements using schedule one may act as a disincentive. to echo michael botticelli, we believe by performing significant review we can balance the risks posed by illicit risk of these compounds well preserving the need to develop new understanding. they re committed to working with other partners on science in this area to understand and enhance the timely and appropriate assessment of these. we hope that as the committee explores ways of addressing the problem we will continue to give the relevant federal agencies an opportunity to share perspectives including solutions that would address the threat to public health and safety posed by these dangerous compounds. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. i am happy to answer any questions i can. i would ask my colleagues who will take five minutes and we won t have second round because we have fi
therefore, presumably safe, a .afe way to get a high of course, this is all a lie. these drugs are anything but safe. almost six years ago to the day, a young man from ohio became one of the first young people to die from the effects of smoking .ynthetic marijuana or k2 his parents have become advocates for education, awareness, and action against the menace of synthetic drugs. i am honored to have them and david s brother here today. david s father will share david s story. is aetic marijuana substance that has little to do with the marijuana plant. substance is typically composed of plant matter sprayed with chemicals designed to mimic , theffect of the ths active marijuana ingredient, with far more potency. asthetics often marketed the salts or glass cleaner are another type of synthetic drug. they are stimulants that imitate the effects of cocaine and methamphetamine s. more recently, a third category of synthetic drugs has emerged. form ofc opioids in the in theow form
normally they have it blocked off. but today they don t. we contacted v-dot. so did one of their contract plow crews to let them know about the unsafe conditions here. it wasn t long before the road was closed. we ll be watching high water through the day and tonight. as the sun broke through and ice continued to melt, maintenance crews at schools made sure parking lots were ready for the return of schools. and families began to venture out to do errands put off during the storm. these boys had traded in their boots for crocs. ready for the kids to go back to school. it s warming up and just, it s great it s all melting and looking forward to spring. this first grader s take on our weather lately. his mom, glad to see the snow and ice disappearing. i m not a winter person anyway. i m happy that there s an early spring evening activities scheduled for loudoun county schools were able to go ahead tonight. back to you, doreen in the studio. most school disz tri
funny. it s a phone. that s an upgrade for you. 5:01 on wednesday. good morning, i m aaron gilchrist. and i m eun yang. thank goodness gracious, the cold crazy stuff is out of here, chuck. yeah, we still have a little winter left in us, but we are definitely over the hump where winter is concerned. frosty the snowman going to be doing the big meltdown. good-bye snowmen and snow days. chilly and dry. and a big warmup for the weekend. we ll detail those days coming up later on. right now temperatures pockets below freezing this morning just be careful for that. here s the way the next 24 hours are looking. one or two spots of ice. temperatures near the freezing mark, 7:00 tonight, dry, 39 degrees. and it will be cold tomorrow morning, start off temperatures in the 20s with windchills in the teens. more about that weekend warmup in a few minutes. it is traffic there s construction, how about that. at least we have an out time for that, 395 southbound at seminary road.