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Special K the cereal or a party drug? The household names used to sell legal highs
By Jack Doyle
Last updated at 12:52 AM on 9th July 2011
With reader comments
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2012792/Cadburys-Flake-Special--Household-names-used-sell-legal-highs.html
By Jack Doyle
Last updated at 12:52 AM on 9th July 2011
With reader comments
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2012792/Cadburys-Flake-Special--Household-names-used-sell-legal-highs.html
Lethal new ‘legal highs’ are being sold using the names of popular cereals and chocolates. Websites are packaging dangerous toxic substances using names such as Cadbury’s Flake and Kellogg’s Special K. In reality, the products contain a mixture of stimulants which could cause serious damage to anyone taking them.
Drug campaigners said such branding created the impression the products were safe when in reality they could kill. They said users were playing ‘Russian roulette’ with their lives.
‘If you like your bath salts to be smooth then this ticks all the boxes!!’
Analysis of the compound suggested it contains methipropamine, benzocaine and unidentified substances. The ‘Special K’ bag claimed to have effects similar to Ketamine, a Class B drug popular in nightclubs.Last night Cadbury and Kellogg’s condemned the site, and said they were considering legal action.

