Canterbury Mornings

Synthetic cannabis is being blamed for ruining lives.The drug is being linked to the death of one person and the hospitalisations of 19 others in Christchurch in the past two weeks.The sister of a 30-year-old man addicted to synthetics, Erin, says she feels like she lost her brother when he was 15, about the time he started using drugs.She says food isn't important to him, he has no possessions and he has just lost one of his two friends.Erin says her brother's friend's death is being linked to synthetic drugs.She remembers him as a lovely, caring person with a good heart.