THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE CRIME LAB SAYS THE FIRST CASES APPEARED IN EASTERN ARKANSAS WHEN SOME HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER VAPING. "and probably it wasn't shortly after, maybe the next day, we heard that Northwest Arkansas students were experiencing the same thing." LAB TESTS SHOWED THE E-LIQUIDS "GALAXY ADDITIVE" AND "KENTUCKY ROUTE STRAWBERRY FIELDS" WERE STRUCTURALLY SIMILAR TO THE SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID- K2 OR SPICE. THE CRIME LAB SAYS THE MAN MADE, MIND ALTERING DRUGS ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. "we still to this day receive cases for autopsies in which people have passed away from using these substances." CURRENTLY NO STUDENT DEATHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED BUT SCHOOLS AND POLICE ARE ON HIGH ALERT. "it's something that's not just limited to the Fort Smith School District, we're seeing it here and we've also heard of it at other school districts so it's something of great concern to us. BILL HOLLENBECK SAYS WITH MORE TEENS VAPING IT'S TOUGH TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY RE INHALING. "we're finding situations where we have devices such as this, a zip drive being utilized as an e- cigarette." IN GREENWOOD POLICE SAY SAMPLES CAME BACK POSITIVE FOR THE SYNTHETIC DRUG AFTER A COUPLE OF STUDENTS APPEARED TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE. AND IN HACKETT POLICE SAY A FEW WEEKS AGO EMS WAS CALLED TO CHECK OUT 3 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO WERE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR SYMPTOMS. THEY WERE OK, BUT POLICE WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING TO TEST. THE CRIME LAB IS ASKING POLICE FOR SAMPLES TO TEST AND SAYS STUDENTS MAY EXPERIENCE RAPID HEART RATES, VOMITING, OR BEING RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS. THE CRIME LAB SAYS EFFECTS OF THE DRUG CAN BE UNPREDICTABLE OR EVEN LIFE THREATENING. "kids and teenagers think it's safe because it's being sold in a convenience store but you don't know what's in it and you don't know what concentration level it's at."