New Leeds campaign highlights '˜death sentence' of legal highs

The potentially deadly consequences of legal highs are being highlighted by a new campaign in Leeds.

City leaders are working with drugs experts and West Yorkshire Police to warn young people of the “disastrous” effects the substances can have.

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One former user has told the Yorkshire Evening Post how an addiction to a legal high ruined his life and led to him attempting suicide. He said the drugs were “a death sentence”.

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