Prison officers in England are falling ill after inhaling ‘legal highs’ used by inmates.

Prison officers are falling ill after inhaling “legal highs” used by inmates.

The ban on so-called legal highs is working, according to one of the country’s leading child and adolescent psychiatrists, but “spikes” in usage are to be expected.

Children as young as 13 are taking freely available drugs known as ‘legal highs’ that have been blamed for two deaths.