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Schoolgirl vows never to take legal highs again after drug she bought over the counter left her feeling 'instantly weird and shaky'
By Mark Duell
PUBLISHED: 12:53, 13 March 2013
- Paige Smith bought 'Blue Cheese' over the counter with no ID
- Friends introduced 15-year-old schoolgirl to legal highs five months ago
- Claims she spent more than £200 buying 18+ substances over the counter
- But Paige was taken to hospital after feeling 'instantly weird and shaky'
A 15-year-old schoolgirl has vowed never to take legal highs again after revealing she suffers panic attacks and anxiety from a drug known as 'Blue Cheese'. Paige Smith, of Colchester, Essex, said she bought the drug - which is legally available to over-18s - without ID from a shop in the town after friends introduced her to legal highs five months ago. She became addicted and spent more than £200 buying the brightly-packaged recreational drugs over the counter before she was taken to hospital after feeling ‘instantly weird and shaky’. Paige, who has had counselling, called for the drug to be banned, saying: ‘I felt instantly weird and shaky and my tongue felt like it was disappearing. I was crying a lot and terrified, so I called my mum.
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