WEBVTT IS DANGEROUS BUT HE SAYS POLICE WORK IS A CALLING AND OFFICERS SIGN UP TO PROTECT AND SERVE. EDIE: NOW TO A WARNING ABOUT A DANGEROUS DRUG. GULSTAN: A ROSEVILLE TEEN DIED AFTER TAKING A HIT FROM A SYNTHETIC DRUG CALLED SPICE. KELLIE DEMARCO JOINING US WITH HOW THESE PARENTS ARE TRYING TO SAVE OTHER FAMILIES FROM THIS KIND OF TRAGEDY. KELLIE: IT TOOK JUST ONE HIT FROM THE DRUG KNOWN AS ICE TO WHAT THEIR SON IN A COMA. THE FAMILY SPOKEN IN AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL ABOUT THE DANGERS OF THIS DECEPTIVE DRUG. MY SON WILL NOT BE SAYING HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ME EVER AGAIN. DEVON AND VERONICA ECKHARDT SPOKE TOA A ROOM OF STUDENTS ABOUT US AND THEY ADORED. CONNOR LOVE TO SURF AND SNOWBOARD BUT LAST JULY, HE TOOK ONE HIT OF THE SYNTHETIC DRUG KNOWN AS SPICE BEFORE FALLING INTO A COMA. ONE HIT OF SYNTHETIC DRUGS THAT HE THOUGHT WERE SAFE CAUSED HIM TO BE BRAIN-DEAD. KELLIE: THEY ARE NOT ALONE. WHEN THOUSAND CALLS WERE RECEIVED RELATED TO SPICE IN THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF APRIL, DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF CALLS SINCE JANUARY. THEY KILL, THE NAME, THEY STEAL YOUR SOUL AND THEY TAKE HER LIFE. KELLIE: THE DRUGS ARE OFTEN PUT IN RIGHT PACKAGING AND SOLD UNDER A VARIETY OF NAMES AS INCENSE BUT EXPERTS SAY IT IS SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA AND IT CAN BE 100 TIMES MORE POTENT. HE LAID DOWN TO TRY TO SLEEP AND OFF AND WHEN THEY ACTUALLY CHECKED ON HIM THE NEXT DAY, IT WAS TOO LATE. HE WAS IN A COMA AND WOULD NOT WAKE UP. KELLIE: CONNOR'S PARENTS SAY IT IS THEIR MISSION TO MAKE SURE OTHERS KNOW THE RISK. IT IS SO AWESOME THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SHARE THE MESSAGE OF HOW IMPORTANT LIFE IS AND WE STAY GROUNDED IN WHAT CHRIST WANTS AND WHAT IS RIGHT FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN OUR OWN LIFE AREA IN A L MOMENT WHEN DECISION CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING.