UPDATE: A previous version of this story prompted some readers to ask whether the young girl's mother, Rheanna Lang, had also smoked that night with her daughters. We would like to make it very clear that was not the case and apologize if the wording caused any confusion. To our knowledge, Jamie Springer and her sister Angie Abbott had smoked the synthetic marijuana together. Their mother was not with them at the time.

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It's marketed as incense or potpourri and labeled "not for human consumption."

"No one's going to pay $15 for a packet of incense. Obviously they know it's going to be smoked," said Deputy Sharon Worthington of the Clinton County Sheriff's Office.

This past weekend, the synthetic marijuana landed 13-year-old Jamie Springer in the hospital.

"I got really messed up, so I couldn't remember anything," said Springer.

She may not remember, but her mom and 12-year-old sister won't ever forget.

"She started gagging, and she couldn't breathe," said Angie Abbott, Jamie's sister, who had also smoked that night.

"She couldnt' walk, she couldn't make out words, she had trouble breathing, she was white as a ghost," said her mom Rheanna Lang.

"It's nasty stuff. It's scary. They'll go blind for a few seconds," said Dep. Worthington.

Or worse. Just months ago, what started as a few friends getting high got a young Clinton County man killed.

"The other guy thought it might be funny to shoot his buddy with a pellet gun, and it entered his body and caused internal bleeding," said Dep. Worthington.

Having lived through the nightmare, Jamie and her sister want their peers to think twice.

"If I was them I wouldn't do it because it's a really stupid idea," said Jamie.

"They're going to die and so is she if she keeps doing it. This time she got better but next time she won't be so lucky," said Angie.

Jamie's older friend bought the fake pot at Clark gas station off US-127 and Hyde road. And the sheriff's office counts two other shops in Clinton County that sell it. But it's not illegal yet, so their hands are tied.

"Legally there's nothing we can do," said Dep. Worthington.

That's not good enough for Lang. She's on a personal crusade to get the drug banned.

"I'm not going to visit them in a morgue. I'm not going to do it," she said.

The problem with these synthetic drugs, also called "designer drugs," is they are hard for lawmakers to keep up with. By the time they ban one substance, another pops up. They can be altered just slightly so they produce the same effects as illegal substances but technically are not against the law.

The Clinton County Sheriff's Office says it comes down to educating the public and nd personal responsibility.

It's something parents and kids need to be aware of, they say, and realize though the packaging may look harmless, it's quite the opposite.