A 17-year-old boy has died in Ondo State after having a psychotropic substance popularly known on the streets as colorado’.
The boy identified as Joshua, who took the hard drug over the weekend, also gave up the ghost after being in a coma for two days.
According to sources, the deceased who was residing in Oba-Ile, Akure South Local Government Area if the State in which the incident happened, took some portion of the material out of his friends who were already in the practice of taking hard drugs.
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Following his eccentric behavior within minutes of accepting’colorado’, his buddies have been believed to have telephoned his allies who hurried him to the hospital at which he later gave up the ghost.
In accordance with one of those resources,” when few moments after Joshua took a puff of colorado, his friends said he had difficulty in breathing and later he began to hallucinate.
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“His friends were scared of his responses and they quickly called on his people.”
‘Colorado’ is one of the prohibited psychotropic substances that’s currently widespread among youths. The hard drug is said to be made from an artificial plant.
