Wow! I have never even heard of that synthetic drug. This may sound dumb, but I wonder if young people might think synthetic drugs would be less harmful? There are so many things that are derived from synthetic things, or contain synthetic products. Anyone remember when double knit was popular, and if you weren't wearing flannel shirts and blue jeans, you probably were wearing double knit. That material is mostly synthetic, if I'm remembering correctly. So, if synthetics are safe to wear, then they're OK for use inside the body.Thought I'd add this 2014 article about the drug mentioned on Dateline. Yikes, I hope it's not around anymore.
I don't know, that may be far-fetched, but young people usually don't rationalize things out as well, as say somebody in their 30's.