Cumbria police have joined forces with the health service, local authorities, charities and drug support workers to deliver impactive talks to youngsters about the dangers of the legal high, mephedrone.
The drug, known also as meow meow, bubble or drone, is a chemical plant food that is not fit for human consumption. Despite this warning, police have found that the substance is becoming increasingly popular amongst young people due to its side effects, availability and current legal status.
After receiving community intelligence about children as young as eleven experimenting with mephedrone, officers have been going into local schools with partner agencies to expose the truth about its effects which, along with a cocktail of other drugs, contributed to the deaths of two Lincolnshire teenagers last week.
More information can be found on Central and Hindpool Neighbourhood Management blog here.
Information about drugs and the law can be found at various sites including, among others:
http://www.talktofrank.com/
http://www.cumbria.police.uk/
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