The Forgotten “Legal High” Crisis that Ruined Britain

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I remember a documentary where a guy was saying he'd been a heroin addict for years but hit a point where he realized he hadn't even touched it in weeks. He was waking up sick for the spice instead and had completely forgotten about heroin. As someone who was addicted to opiates for a couple of decades that has always stuck with me. The chemicals used to make "synthetic cannabis" are so addictive and toxic they can make a heroin addict switch over without even realizing. Thankfully I only ever had it a few times. I had mates hooked on it and it scared the shit out of me. I remember smoking it in my bathroom one day and I was immediately transported to this prison cell. I thought I was in this cell all afternoon until someone came and just opened the door. Good times.

buds, leaves, poppys and mushrooms, humans have used and got used to them for thousands of years. I remember being told as a teenager that if you do choose to get high, make sure it came from the ground first, because if you screw up, the docs will know what to do

Having been in a UK detox unit twice several years ago i can tell you that people coming off Spice/RCs make Heroin etc look like a walk in the park. Because there was no known way to help people withdraw they had to go cold turkey and it was not nice to see let alone what pain the spice users were in. But the people who go through the worst withdrawl i have ever seen are from the most acceptable legal high there is...Alcohol, they are so fucked physically and mentally and rarely young, mums, dads, grandparents, retired, company directors, solicitors, nurses anyone and everyone who thought it would never happen to them and their lives are just as shattered as the homeless spice addict they've seen on TV and looked down their nose at. Being in detox is a humbling and equalising experience.

Psychedelics saved me from years of uncontrollable depression, anxiety, smoking, and illicit pills addiction. Imagine carving heavy chains for over a decade and then all of a sudden that burden is gone. Believe it or not, in a couple of years they'll be all over for treatment of mental health related issues.

I remember when spice was huge and I had friends who'd literally black out from using it. It just shows how idiotic it is that weed is still so wildly illegal when it's the safest option. Because people will always find ways to do drugs; even to their own detriment and harm. Drugs won the war on drugs.

I used to work in a shelter for homeless men, back when legal highs were still legal. I can vividly remember the smell because it burns your nose if you're anywhere near it. It's like if you took superglue and set it on fire, and mixed that with tobacco smoke, I would describe it as an evil smell if such a thing exists. Anyway, I asked one of the lads in there, off the record, "Why don't you smoke [leaves] if you really need to be high?" and he just laughed and said, "Nah mate that wouldn't even touch me..." which is when I realised how strong this stuff is. Then I saw the results of it over time -- people jumping out of windows, having seizures, turning into violent sub-animal creatures -- and we just had to stop them smoking it indoors, there was no way we could ban the use because it was being sold in local corner shops at the time.

As a teen we managed to buy this shit. The local smoke shop would just sell it to us no questions asked. I had the absolute worst trip of my life on a type called stinger. Thought i had died and gone to hell and hell was an infinite hallway i was falling down forever. From my friends perspective i curled up in a ball in the corner and screamed bloody murder and cried for half an hour. We all quit immediately after that incident

The elephant in every drug and addiction discussion has to do with meaning, which has been steadily drained out of daily reality. And the underlying question is 'Why?' and 'How did this occur?'. But alas it is a subject forbidden by the communication powers that be.

I went through a 3 year period where I was addicted to Magic Dragon. Coming off that stuff was a nightmare, but haven't touched it for over ten years. I don't even smoke anymore.

I was addicted to spice when I got back from Afghanistan in the US Army. It absolutely ravaged my entire unit. We were spending thousands of dollars a month on it. It was more addictive than most hard drugs. It caused irreparable damage to most of us including brain bleeds, pneumonia, heart issues, etc. It also caused extreme weight loss. I weighed almost 100 lbs less then than I do now from the years of 2010 to 2012.

Age 15 i smoked spice quite a bit. We spoke about it like ‘that legal version of weed that’s proper strong’ without realising it was more like crack. One time after 3,2,1’ing a zoot of it, I blacked out, flopped on a car bonnet and chipped my tooth and tore my gum.  I just remember my bro pulling me up, and my other bro laughing hysterical (he was mad high as well), and I was just so confused with blood pouring out my face. And across the road was a load of shocked mothers picking up their daughters from a gymnastics class. It was broad daylight and we was in school uniform. I still finished the gram that weekend despite the event

6:24 The equipment they’re using is quite dirty, covered in filth” They should see my local takeaways. Why aren’t they illegal?

When i was 17 during this time. I never smoked anything in my life. But a friend talked me into trying K2 cause it was "legal". the terrible effects of what happened after trying K2 kept me from ever trying any drugs for the rest of my life.

In university I had a friend with a dodgy heart. She was in and out of hospital all the time because of it. Despite having a medical history as long as a phonebook, every time she went in with a heart issue they assumed it was from a "legal high" and wouldn't believe otherwise.

I remember legal highs, used to call the legal high guy up and he’d meet you anywhere, open up his boot and you’d have a right pick! Used to go for this stuff called magic, it was literally like sniffing uncut coke and the high being exactly the same, and at a £15 a gram 😂

The mephedrone and methylone period was insane. Everyone was on it. Someone I knew had a bucket full of the stuff. The smell of it used to come out through your skin. The streets, clubs, pubs, shops and workplaces were absolutely stinking of it.

I won’t lie. Late 90s and early 2000s where when I was coming of age. Between 18 and like 25 I was out on it all the time and ecstasy was rife. It was as good as it can get too. Nothing today compares to it and I’m glad I was there to experience it. I don’t take drugs or even drink alcohol now but that time was the golden time for clubbing and free love etc. loved it.

Even around 2011-14 it was a huge thing in germany. I'm from a small village out in the country and police was controlling the shit out of young people. So a lot of them switched from weed to "spice" - herbs sprayed with artificial can cannabiods. People could smoke it, get totally fucked up and drive two hours later without fear of losing your drivers licence and future. Problem was: This "red lava" or "yellow monkey" shit was russian roulette with joints/bongs. Many friends of mine had horrible and dangerous experiences on that stuff and it's pure luck, that nobody died. Sometimes they passed out or couldn't move; one spliff in a pool or lake and you're gone.

I was hooked on mcat for 2/3 years from 2008. Some crazy times. It fucked alot of people up including me. We all thought it was harmless at first because it was legal but literally turned us into junkies without even realising. Quite scary looking back