since their son christian's death, the burkes have become activists, getting out the word on the dangerstic drugs. thanks to their efforts, north dakota has put in new legislation banning a number of synthetics and federally, the drug that killed christian and eli is now on the list of banned substances. this stuff is not safe because you can order it on the internet. don't be fooled by that of the don't put yourself and your family in the position that these families in grand forks found themselves. talk to your kids that synthetic drugs are dangerous. all drugs are dangerous. >> this was done for the memorial for eli. his friends signed that. that came. the family of eli stye say they too hope their son's death can be a warning to others about the dangers of synthetic drugs. >> our lives will never be the same. i don't know if you can really put something like that into words what your life is like after you lose a kid. it's a horrific thing to have to go through for any parent. eli was a good kid. this can happen to any family. i talked to a lot of people during the course of a day or

north dakota's top federal drug prosecutor had never heard of them, and neither had christian burke's parents. >> i had to go to the internet and look up information on it. and i really didn't understand the whole synthetic drug. i didn't know what it was. i didn't know how dangerous they were. >> the message we got after we went on the internet was that somebody had said it was okay for these drugs to be on the street. and they had been tweaked. but that's all we knew. >> synthetic lsd has been blamed for at least -- >> parents across the country are now learning the painful truth about synthetic designer drugs. >> investigators say he overdosed on a synthetic -- oth >> reports and overdoses reported almost daily. >> 16-year-old -- >> abruptly ended at just 18 years old. >> these drugs are being marketed and sold as legality actives to marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, lsd and heroin. >> in the last four years, more than 300 synthetic designer drugs with names like spice, n-bomb and bath salts have flooded into the united states. even the popular club drug, molly, which is markete

north dakota's top federal drug prosecutor had never heard of them, and neither had christian burke's parents. >> i had to go to the internet and look up information on it. and i really didn't understand the whole synthetic drug. i didn't know what it was, didn't know how dangerous they were. >> the message we got after we went on the internet was that somebody had said it was okay for these drugs to be on the street, and they had been tweaked. but that's all we knew. >> reporter: synthetic lsd has been blamed for at least -- >> parents across the country are now learning the painful truth about synthetic designer drugs. >> investigators say he overdosed on a synthetic marijuana -- >> otherwise known as k-2. >> reporter: with deaths and overdoses reported almost daily. >> poisons a 15-year-old girl. >> 16-year-old -- >> life bankruabruptly ended at 18 years old. >> these drugs are being marketed and sold as legal alternatives to marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, lsd and heroin. >> reporter: in the last four years, more than 300 synthetic designer drugs with names like spice, n-bomb

joining me now is one of those very elves, this year's white house design partner colleen christian burke i think so many of us want to have the perfect thing with our family and a perfect christmas and have all the decorations just so. a little different when it's a, not your family and oh by the way, the first family. >> a little bit of pressure and just a really incredible space, the white house. so we go into it with the best of intentions. all the best planning and then it's almost like your own home. there's boxes everywhere. we're falling behind schedule. something's not quite right. and you're just -- >> that's when you start to sweat. >> and you're thinking on your feet and you're really wanting to do a first job for the first lady and the first family. i say we throw the term christmas miracle around a lot. getting the house done in three days. >> it's literally in three days? >> we're at the warehouse preparing for two days and the white house for three days. >> because of course the family lives there. >> the family lives had there. so we are in about 8:00 a.m. and we're out a