Prescription drug warning after girl is hospitalised

Sat, 12 Oct 2013

People are being warned of the dangers of taking prescription drugs recreationally after a 16-year-old girl ended up in hospital.

The teenager from Peel was admitted to hospital after taking the medication whilst socialising - she has since been discharged.

However police are concerned that young people are using the drugs as an alternative to harder substances.

Josie Waldrum is a Drug Aware counsellor from the addiction service Motiv8 - she says it is incredibly dangerous: