'Wild West of the drug market': Calls for laws to deal with synthetic cannabinoids

If someone is using HHC in a vape, it can be impossible to tell because there is no telltale smell, unlike cannabis. File picture

In villages, towns and cities across the country, a little-known synthetic drug is making its presence felt on the lives of teenagers.

Contained in vapes and edibles such as jellies, hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) is being termed a “ticking timebomb”, a “silent assassin” and a drug which is wreaking “havoc” on young people.