VIDEO: The Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight has today (Monday) supported the launch of a new campaign led by the Youth Commission named Lethal Highs – a week-long campaign to raise awareness among young people of the dangers of taking new psychoactive substances (NPS), also known as ‘legal highs’.
Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Hayes said:
“With the number of deaths related to these substances increasing year on year, it is unsurprising that they are of great concern to young people. A clear message needs to be sent out that that just because these substances are being sold as legal, as a result of a loophole in the law, this doesn’t mean they are safe.”
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Louis Faith from the Youth Commission said:
“I feel that NPS are more of a ‘gateway’ drug than any another substance. There are so many different types and just a small amount could harm your body because of all the bad chemicals they contain. I hope the Lethal Highs campaign will discourage young people from taking them.”
More information can be found ont he campaign page at https://www.hampshire-pcc.gov.uk/Campaigns/LethalHighs.aspx.
