After smoking a designer drug known as synthetic marijuana K2, more than 30 people collapsed in the street of New York at the same time.Witnesses reported seeing victims lying on the pavement, shaking and leaning against trees and fire hydrants.

In total 33 people were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said, Metro.uk reported.

Police only discovered the cause of the mass collapse after the victims were taken to the hospital.

The victims had been smoking K2, also known as synthetic marijuana, Police later discovered.

Dennis Gonzalez, of Bushwick, told WNBC-TV that the drug use in that part of Brooklyn was out of control.

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What is K2?

K2 or synthetic marijuana – or to give it its proper name, synthetic cannabinoids – is a chemical-based designer drug created to mimic the effects of cannabis.

More specifically, it is to mimic the cannabinoid element of marijuana – such as THC.

The chemicals are sprayed or soaked into a base material, often plant-based, and sold for recreational use in head shops, convenience stores or online at less than the cost of real marijuana