The popularity of legal high mephedrone, also known as bubbles or miaow, has surged in recent months with children as young as 11 reported to have taken it.
Widely available on the internet for as little as £10 a gram, the drug is often sold under the guise of plant-food with users reporting effects similar to those of cocaine and ecstasy.
Several deaths have been linked with the drug but little is known about exactly how it works or the long-term effects it may have.
The drug is not currently classified, although the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) is expected to advise the government next month that it should be banned.
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