Washington ( CNN ) -- For parents who are mystified by drugs with names like Spice and bath salts : There 's now a kit to help you out . The Partnership at Drugfree.org on Thursday unveiled tools available online to help adults understand synthetic drugs and urged them to talk to kids about their dangers . `` These are threats that were not around when they , themselves , were teenagers , '' said Steve Pasierb , president and CEO of the drug education organization . The kits include a podcast and video , a slide cast and a printable guide with information on street names for drugs , what kinds of medical problems they can cause , and tips on how to tell whether their children might be using synthetic marijuana or stimulants . Pasierb and Gil Kerlikowske , director of National Drug Control Policy , met with officials from government and anti-drug groups to discuss how to combat the synthetic drug problem . Among those participating were officials from the Drug Enforcement Administration ; the Department of Health and Human Services ; the State Department and the Defense Department . `` The use of synthetic drugs like Spice , K2 and bath salts are a serious threat to the nation 's public health and safety , '' Kerlikowske told reporters after the meeting . `` Make no mistake , these drugs are dangerous and can cause serious harm . '' Users of the illegal substances can experience seizures , nausea , elevated blood pressure , and paranoid behavior . Poison control centers were among the first to sound the alarm about synthetics . `` In 2010 our centers responded to 3,200 calls about synthetic drugs , '' said Deborah Carr , executive director of the American Association of Poison Control Centers . `` In 2011 that number increased to 13,000 . Sixty percent of the cases involved patients under the age of 25 . '' Amy Stillwell of Bowling Green , Kentucky , said in August her daughter , Ashley , took just one hit of 7H , a type of potpourri often smoked as a marijuana substitute , that some friends had bought at a hookah bar . According to Stillwell , her daughter told her she became temporarily paralyzed and unresponsive , and her friends tried to revive her by pouring water on her head . The recent high school graduate told her mother she was conscious enough to hear what her friends were saying , and she claimed they discussed the possibility of having to dispose of her body . Ashley eventually came around enough to talk to her parents on the phone and they came to get her . She was briefly hospitalized . Kerlikowske called on Congress to pass legislation to outlaw the substances . The House of Representatives has passed such a bill , but it 's stuck in the Senate . The DEA used emergency powers to temporarily ban the drugs , but Kerlikowske said that 's not a long-term solution . In December the National Institute on Drug Abuse reported one out of nine high school seniors had used K2 or Spice in the past year , making it the second-most commonly used illegal drug after marijuana . The new kits to help parents can be found at http : //www.drugfree.org/ .
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