BELLBROOK — A Bellbrook woman says a product she bought a smoke shop to help with pain landed her in the hospital for days.
Deborah Watson went to a smoke shop in Bellbrook after friends recommended it as she was looking for relief from chronic pain, but when she purchased a product, it didn’t go as expected.
Watson told News Center 7′s Mike Campbell that an employee recommended a product called Delta-9. She also got a product called Magic Rainbow Shockwaves.
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“He said, ‘This is kind of strong. It’ll work for you,’” Watson recounted.
Watson said she took less than half of one strip and the next thing she remembered was her neighbors standing over her.
“She couldn’t get me off the floor,” Watson said. “I was so out of it.”
She said she couldn’t even control her movements.
“I couldn’t help them. It was really, really scary,” she explained.
Medics rushed Watson to the hospital where doctors realized she was on a high. Her medical records that she shared with us showed that doctors diagnosed her with “an altered mental state.”
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“I was seeing things. My son said I was seeing dinosaurs on my tray,” Watson described.
Watson spent three days in the hospital. She said she watched our coverage last week about the Tactical Crime Suppression Unit serving a search warrants at four local vape shops for suspicion of selling illegal products and wanted to share her story.
“If I’d been there much longer, there’s no telling what would have happened to me,” she said.
While the store she went to was not one of the four recently raided by investigators, Watson believes no one should look there for pain relief. She advises people to not use products purchased at smoke or vape shops because there just isn’t enough oversight to make sure the products are safe.
“Don’t do it because you don’t know what you’re getting,” Watson warned.
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