1:44pm Monday 22nd February 2010
EXPERTS were due to meet today to discuss a possible ban of the drug mephedrone.
The substance is one of several “legal highs” being looked at by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
The Press’s Menace of Mephedrone campaign, lobbying for a ban, was launched last month after a Pocklington teenager collapsed after taking it. A York man also had to be brought back to life after collapsing in the city centre.
Home Secretary Alan Johnson has indicated that he may ban the drug early in March.
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