In every town centre, spice users can be found begging for the small amount of loose change they need to buy their next fix. A few months ago, pictures of spice users slumped unconscious in the town’s bus station went viral on social media. All towns have a spice problem, but in the smaller towns it tends to be concentrated in one area – in this case around the bus station. “Whereas they (spice users) could go to the and know what they are buying, now it’s a dealer’s paradise,” Rogers said. “We had a window of missed opportunity when the new psychoactive substances problem emerged,” Measham said.

Source: The Guardian August 06, 2017 04:52 UTC