So-called legal highs are adding to Northern Ireland's growing drug abuse problem – and could be even more dangerous than cocaine or ecstasy, a charity has claimed.
Shops selling substances over the counter are drawing young people into the drug scene in bigger numbers and at an earlier age, according to the Forum For Action On Substance Abuse (Fasa).
"The introduction of legal highs has made drugs far more accessible," according to Alex Bunting, an official with the charity.
"We always had the issue of illicit drugs but since legal highs have come in, we have seen something new in terms of usage levels and age of onset."
Mr Bunting said legal highs were potentially more dangerous than conventional Class A drugs.
"Legal highs are as dangerous, if not more dangerous," he added.
Source: Adrian Rutherford, Belfast Telegraph, 11/02/14
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