Hi All
I found this at The Blakpool Gazette
New shock over dance drug use
Published Date: 15 January 2009
BLACKPOOL was today named among a list of UK towns and cities where the use of the harmful dance drug ketamine is on the rise.
DrugScope found users were injecting the drug – more commonly used as an animal stimulant – to maintain their high.
A gram of the drug, known as "Special K'' or "Raver's smack'' has dropped in price by a third in three years and now costs £20, half the price of a gram of cocaine, DrugScope research found.
Ketamine use was on the rise in nine out of 20 areas surveyed, researchers discovered. The British Crime Survey last year revealed use was up 10 per cent on 2006/07.
The areas reported to have seen an increase in ketamine use were: Portsmouth, London, Bristol, Ipswich, Birmingham, Nottingham, Sheffield, Blackpool and Newcastle.
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NO DRUGS!
John.
