SAMs Watch

Sam Motsay was an academics honor student-athlete with a loving, supportive family and big plans for the future. But he died on Mothers’ Day 2014, the victim of a little-known synthetic drug that is targeted at teens as a substitute for L*D, and that can be as lethal as poison, even with just one use, based on how the drug is packaged and distributed by dealers. Sam's family and friends wants young people to be aware of the dangers of NBOMe and wants to equip them – as well as their parents, educators and communities at large – with information about these dangerous compounds because what is being sold to our young people can be fatal with just one use.