The Hard Lives of Britain’s Synthetic Marijuana Addicts [VICE]

Legal highs are set to be outlawed by the British government in response to a growing number of news reports about students overdosing on the synthetic drugs after using them recreationally. On the eve of the ban, VICE travelled to Manchester to meet some more vulnerable users who have become addicted to these over-the-counter substances and discovered that solving the problem won’t be as simple as making legal highs illegal. Watch Next: World’s Scariest Drug: Teenage Heroin Epidemi