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21/05/2015
Lancaster Uni Students Hospitalised After Taking 'Spice' Drug
Five students at Lancaster University are in hospital after taking Spice, a synthetic cannabis substitute.
Two of the students are said to be in a critical condition.
According to SCAN, Lancaster University's student paper, ambulances were called to student halls between 6pm and 7pm on Wednesday, 20 May. The students, who are thought to have known each other, were taken to hospital.
Shortly after 9pm, the university issued an alert on Twitter. The message read: "Several students have been hospitalised today after taking legal high Spice – please check on friends and call 999 if needed."
An email has also been sent to students, SCAN said.
Vicky Tyrrell, a spokeswoman for the university, has since told The Guardian that police called university authorities to tell them that the students had been taken to the Royal Lancaster Hospital.
She said: "We've got five students who have been taken to hospital with a suspicion that they had taken the drug. Of the five, we know that two of them are seriously ill."
Spice is a synthetic cannabis-based drug. In 2009, it was made illegal alongside a number of other so-called 'legal highs'.
(JP)
Two of the students are said to be in a critical condition.
According to SCAN, Lancaster University's student paper, ambulances were called to student halls between 6pm and 7pm on Wednesday, 20 May. The students, who are thought to have known each other, were taken to hospital.
Shortly after 9pm, the university issued an alert on Twitter. The message read: "Several students have been hospitalised today after taking legal high Spice – please check on friends and call 999 if needed."
An email has also been sent to students, SCAN said.
Vicky Tyrrell, a spokeswoman for the university, has since told The Guardian that police called university authorities to tell them that the students had been taken to the Royal Lancaster Hospital.
She said: "We've got five students who have been taken to hospital with a suspicion that they had taken the drug. Of the five, we know that two of them are seriously ill."
Spice is a synthetic cannabis-based drug. In 2009, it was made illegal alongside a number of other so-called 'legal highs'.
(JP)
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