Young people unknowingly smoking spice-spiked vapes

Spice, a synthetic street drug, can cause a wide range of dangerous side effects, including cardiac arrest.

The police, schools and researchers believe that spice is being substituted into vapes as it is cheaper. These vapes are then advertised and sold as containing cannabis oil.

Research by the University of Bath has found school children in England are unknowingly smoking vapes spiked with the synthetic drug spice. Chris Pudney, a professor at the University of Bath, conducted these tests using the world’s first portable device that can instantly detect synthetic drugs.

Working with concerned schools and police forces around the country, Chris tested 596 vapes confiscated from schools in England and discovered spice in 28 out of 38 (74 per cent) schools across London, the West Midlands, Greater Manchester, and South Yorkshire.