{
  "id": 10535422,
  "title": "Cuba’s Cheap Synthetic Drug Spreads Among the Young as Blackouts Grind On",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/cubas-cheap-synthetic-drug-spreads-among-the-young-as-blackouts-grind",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T18:12:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/cuba-synthetic-drug-quimico-havana-blackouts-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A cheap synthetic cannabinoid known as el químico is spreading in Havana. Official figures show emergency cases nearly doubled, police are raiding homes, and the island lives with daily blackouts. The post Cuba’s Cheap Synthetic Drug Spreads Among the Young as Blackouts Grind On appeared first on The Rio Times .",
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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}