Three people have been arrested for distributing the synthetic marijuana that has been linked to dozens of cases of uncontrollable bleeding and at least two deaths.
48-year-old Fouad Masoud, 44-year-old Jamil Jad Allah and 44-year-old Adil Mohammed are facing federal charges accusing them of selling the tainted drug out of a Chicago convenience store.
Authorities say the drug was laced with rat poison. It remains unclear if the Chicago sales are also the source of more than two dozen cases of severe bleeding in Peoria and Tazewell Counties, also linked to “fake weed.”