Headshops may have gone away but deadly 'designer' drugs are still easily available

Claire O'Sullivan examines where these synthetic drugs are coming from and gets advice for parents on how to talk to teens about them.

Headshops may have gone away but deadly 'designer' drugs are still easily available

Claire O'Sullivan examines where these synthetic drugs are coming from and gets advice for parents on how to talk to teens about them.

The only way to stop your children trying out the likes of U-47700 (U4), the synthetic drug that likely killed a 16-year-old in Cork this week, is to make them afraid of them.

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