Campaigning against a "legal high" (From The Northern Echo)

Campaigning against a "legal high"

10:22am Wednesday 10th March 2010 in

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Just back from a Durham Agency Against Crime meeting, discussing an educational campaign to highlight the dangers of the drug mephedrone.

We've carried quite a lot of stories about mephedrone which has grown in popularity among young people in the North-East, particularly the Teesdale area.

At the moment, it's legal - often sold as plant food - but it causes blackouts, hallucinations and mental health problems.

It needs to be made illegal. In the meantime, we'll be working on a campaign to underline how dangerous it is.

Watch out for further details in The Northern Echo in the next week or so.