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           <title>Burglar Dean Maurice Barker stole to buy mephedrone</title>
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  A MEPHEDRONE user went on a £17,000 burgling spree to fund his drug-taking and other spending, York Crown Court heard.
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  TEENAGERS are still ignoring the warnings about mephedrone, but parents are now aware of the issues.
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  DANGER drug mephedrone – which The Press is trying to get banned – could be criminalised by the Channel Island of Guernsey.
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  HOME Secretary Alan Johnson is still waiting to hear from independent drug experts before deciding whether mephedrone should be made illegal.
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  THE Press’s campaign to ban the potentially deadly “legal high” mephedrone from our streets will step up a gear tomorrow.
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  EXPERTS were due to meet today to discuss a possible ban of the drug mephedrone.
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           <description>  TEENAGERS from a York education programme have shared their experiences of the danger-drug mephedrone and told how easy it is obtain the legal high.
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           <description>  OUR campaign to ban the drug mephedrone is gathering pace after more people signed The Press petition, writes Jennifer Bell.
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  A MAN is believed to have died after taking the “legal high” drug mephedrone which The Press is campaigning to have banned.
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  THE Press campaign for the “legal high” drug mephedrone to be banned could succeed as soon as next month.
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           <title>Drug experts’ concern over mephedrone</title>
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  A TEENAGER who has dabbled in mephedrone today spoke out about the dangers of the drug as he backed The Press’s campaign to ban the “legal high”.
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           <description>The Press is campaigning for the legal drug mephedrone to be banned. Students in York and local drugs worker Paul Tye tell STEPHEN LEWIS why they agree with the campaign.</description>
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           <description>  THE teenagers involved in a drugs scare in East Yorkshire will face public exposure today when they are ordered to tell their classmates about their ordeal.
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           <description>  A SCHOOL is planning to hold an information session for pupils about mephedrone, amid concerns the deadly “legal high’ drug is becoming widely available in its catchment area.
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           <title>Mephedrone ‘on sale at schools’</title>
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           <description>  THE deadly “legal high” drug mephedrone is being bought and sold in and around North Yorkshire schools, according to a local police sergeant.
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  THE Press’s campaign to outlaw the curse of mephedrone is gathering pace – as more York parents reveal their harrowing experiences of the legal but potentially lethal drug’s effects.
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  EVIDENCE continues to be given to The Press of the devastating impact of the drug mephedrone.
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