A DEADLY new designer drug – already linked to a number of teenage deaths – has been found in Blackpool.
Police have seized wraps of mephedrone after carrying out raids in the resort.
Officers found the drug – also known by its street names Bubble or Meow Meow – along with cannabis and Ecstasy in a house in Cocker Street.
Two men were arrested.
In the last few weeks mephedrone – which users claim gives an almost instant stimulated high – has been linked to the death of a 14-year-old girl in Brighton and an 18-year-old man in Hertfordshire as well as a number of other deaths in Europe.
It is found in imported plant food which can be bought legally over the internet for as little as £3.
Its lethal side effects include convulsions, breathing problems, nose bleeds, depression and psychosis.
Det Chief Insp Neil Gregson, of Lancashire Police, said: "Mephedrone can cause very bad reactions when mixed with alcohol – people have died from taking this substance – and there is a risk of paranoia and mental health problems in the long term."
