Above: A bad batch of spice, or synthetic marijuana, has sent at least 21 Gainesville residents to local emergency rooms since Saturday night, said Paul Myers, an administrator for the Florida Department of Health in Alachua County. Police are still looking for the source of where the batch is being sold.
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