Not sure what truth there is in this Guardian UK report but thought I’d post it for uk Lancashire people.take care
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A toxic batch of amphetamines is causing users to behave violently, with a number of men being taken to hospital as a result, Lancashire police have said.There had been four recent incidents in which officers in Blackburn took aggressive men to hospital after they consumed what is thought to be contaminated amphetamines, commonly known as speed.Users had become violent, acted irrationally and suffered from dangerously high heart rates, police said. They had also been seen to convulse, with an inability to talk or control their actions.Two men, aged 33 and 47, had to be sedated on 27 September after allegedly taking the substance. One of the users was restrained by six police officers and had to be calmed with an anaesthetic.In separate incidents, a 24-year-old man climbed a 2-metre wall and then a tree before being detained for his own welfare, and a 30-year-old climbed on to the roof of a pub.Speed is a class B drug, with possession of it being punishable by up to five years in prison and an unlimited fine, or supply of it up to 14 years’ prison and an unlimited fine for supply.Sgt Pete Latham, from Blackburn police, said: “Clearly for us, no one should be taking drugs, however, we are becoming increasingly concerned about this suspected harmful batch of amphetamines, particularly as the users we have come across have shown extreme signs of violence and a couple of them have put themselves in dangerous situations.”
