Education key to tackling new drug challenge, says QAAD
A legal ban on mephedrone – known as ‘meow meow’ – will not in itself be enough to tackle the dangers it poses, according to Quaker activists. Helena Chambers of Quaker Action on Alcohol and Drugs (QAAD) insists that education is key to tackling the problem.
Mephedrone hit the headlines after it was blamed for the deaths of Louis Wainwright, eighteen, and Nicholas Smith, nineteen, in Lincolnshire last week. The drug is currently legal, but the deaths have prompted vehement calls for legislation to outlaw it.
Mephedrone hit the headlines after it was blamed for the deaths of Louis Wainwright, eighteen, and Nicholas Smith, nineteen, in Lincolnshire last week. The drug is currently legal, but the deaths have prompted vehement calls for legislation to outlaw it.
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