Children collapse after vaping Spice

MORE school kids have collapsed after vaping Spice mis-sold as ‘natural cannabis’.

At least eight youngsters were treated by medics after inhaling what they thought was THC vape liquid.

The incidents have prompted health advisors to issue a fresh warning about vaping products in Greater Manchester.

An ambulance was called to treat several pupils who’d ‘vaped’ at a school in Oldham in December.

Another youngster suffered a seizure at a school in the same town, also this month.

In November, a young person collapsed after being forced to vape in Rochdale.

Ambulance crews were called to another school in Oldham after several young people collapsed.

A similar incident unfolded at an educational facility in Bury where a group of pupils became

‘heavily intoxicated’.

Three more pupils at a school in Bury School-age children required an collapsed in ambulance for Rochdale and Bury the same reason.

Greater Manchester Police are investigating.

THC is the chemical that causes the ‘high’ in cannabis.

In these cases, it was mis-sold as ‘THC vape’, THC vape pens, THC oil or cannabis oil.

Laboratory testing showed that some of the vials contained the same chemical used to make Spice, while others contained no psychoactive substance at all.

Michael Linnell, a drugs use expert who coordinates the multi-agency Greater Manchester Drug Alerts Panel, said: “Young people have bought something that is sold as a ‘natural’ cannabis product but which in fact contains the chemicals found in ‘spice’. The effects of the drug for someone not used to taking spice are very dangerous, unpredictable, and may even be fatal.”

Three boys were arrested on suspicion of possession or supply of a controlled substance and have been released under investigation.