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ANIMAL-WASTE DRUG BEING SOLD HERE.


DANGEROUS dope containing animal waste is flooding the Midlands after the price of cannabis cannabis: see hemp; marijuana.
cannabis

Any plant of the genus Cannabis, which contains a single species, C. sativa. It is widely cultivated throughout the northern temperate zone.
 has doubled.

In the past year the cost of high-quality Moroccan hash has jumped from pounds 100 an ounce to more than pounds 160 in some areas.

As a result, cheap 'soap bar' dope, which can be bought at pounds 30 an ounce, has flooded the Midland drug market. The drug has been found to contain barbiturates Barbiturates Definition

Barbiturates are medicines that act on the central nervous system and cause drowsiness and can control seizures.
Purpose
 and even animal waste.

Last night cannabis campaigners issued a warning to users, advising them not to buy the potentially lethal weed.

'Some of the soap bars don't even contain any cannabis,' said a spokesman for the Legalise Cannabis Alliance The Legalise Cannabis Alliance (LCA) was a political party registered in the United Kingdom in 1999 with the cannabis leaf image as its emblem. In common with Cannabis political parties in other countries, the party's aims are not exclusively about the consumption of .

'But they can contain all kinds of other dangerous toxins. Tests carried out by scientists have found them to contain things like coffee, paraffin oil and even animal waste.'

Scientists have also discovered animal tranquillisers, diesel, depressants, wax, rubber, soil, liquorice and even boot polish in the cheap drug.
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Publication:Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
Date:Jun 6, 2004
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