A public health warning has been issued by police after a NSW teenage died, and two others have fallen seriously ill, after taking a suspected synthetic cannabis substance.
17-year-old Dean Shield’s body was found near a drain at a reserve in Rutherford, near Maitland in New South Wales, around 8pm on Saturday night.
Police have been told he took a substance called “Kronic” in the hours before his body was found, 9News reports.
Two other 22-year-old men have been treated for non-life threatening symptoms after consuming the same substance in a neighbouring town.
Police have seized a quantity of the drug from a house in Rutherford and are still awaiting the results of a post-mortem examination.
They have issued a warning against any drugs saying it’s a “gamble with your life that’s not worth taking.”
