Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)


with Ben Carlish


in conjunction with Activate m


A REFORMED 23-year-old ex­ drug user who lives in the Ribble Valley read about our Action On Drugs campaign in the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times and was prompted to ring the Activate Drugs Awareness Project. 1-Ie wanted to talk about his expe­ riences to try to alert young people and their parents to the drug prob­ lem. Wo have not named him, to protect his identity, but this is his story. ' ’’I come from a rough back­


curious. You get bored quickly at that age and you want to try some­ thing different. My first trip (psy­ chedelic episode) really scared me. I started hallucinating that my mates were chucking tea over me and barking at me like dogs. It is totally different from anything you have over experienced. One trip only costs about £3. "Next was speed (ampheta­


ground in the East Midlands. I had it hard. My mum and dad got divorced when I was three. 1 was thrown out at the age of 15, so I joined the Army when I left school, but I was given a medical discharge because I am colour-blind. ”1 had always been anti-drugs,


laugh, it was a status symbol, because it was fashionable. It was


but once 1 was sitting around at my mates’ flat and they were passing a joint around (a cannabis cigarette). I said 1 had never had it before, but they just said: ’Go on, get it down your neck.’ As well as being a good


‘like saying: ’I am 17,1 can do what I want.’


• ”1 took acid (LSD) because I was


mines), which gives you a massive surge of energy. When 1 took it I could not stop moving and felt all warm. It helps you feel confident and relaxed, but the come-down is dreadful. You can’t sleep, your body's really tired, but your brain’s still going. The first time I took it, every time I tried to sleep I got a big bang in the side of my face like a hammer-blow, but I went back to it, because at first you feel so groat


on it. "Then my mate took me around


to this seedy flat where 1 injected speed for the first time. It was real­ ly scary, but I got this really big rush. I always said to myself I would only smoke cannabis, then I would say ’I’ll only have the odd trip,’ then I found myself injecting. "Looking back now you can sec-


how it all tied in - the constant search for the next new buzz. That’s why I got on to ecstasy. I only took half a pill at first. But then, for about a year, it got to a point where I was taking about three every weekend, as well as speed and cannabis. I changed; I became moody, agitated and paranoid. I was paying for all this stuff mostly through petty crime - stealing car radios and shoplifting and the like. But then, me and my mate stole this car, which had a credit card in it. Wo got £2,500-worth of clothes, electrical goods and cash back on it, but the car belonged to the town's main street gang. When they caught up with one of my mates and put him in hospital for a long time, I realised .I had to get out of the town and give up drugs. L went to a hostel in the area, where the people were really nice. They were the first people 1 had met who would listen to my problems, but if they caught you with drugs, they would kick you out. "It is still hard today, because if


you have a bad day the temptation is there. Every day is a struggle because it was a way of life, but I have been clean ever since and I am


about to start a full-time job. I try not to go out, so as to avoid drugs. A lot of my younger friends here have offered me drugs, but I say to them: 'No thanks I've been there.' But telling users to 'Just Say No'


simply doesn't work. "Since I've been here, I've been


offered speed, cannabis and ecstasy. There's a lot or drugs readily avail­ able in the Ribble Valley if you want them; I’ve been offered drugs and I haven't even gone looking for them. If someone was thinking of taking drugs for the first time, it's their decision. But I would encour­ age them to look at me — from the day my Army career fell through, my life was a mess. I couldn't get a job and I was in trouble with the police all the time. 1 never had any money and people were constantly after me. If I could go back I wouldn't have smoked that first joint, because the next three years of my life just disappeared. I still suffer now, because I've got a crimi­ nal record and I am fighting the temptation of drugs every day. I can't even go back to visit my fam­ ily. All I can do now is look to the future, but at one point I didn't think I would make it to 25."


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. LANCASHIRE police are warning of the dangers of a new legal designer drug, known as GBII or GIIB, which


i killed one Wigan woman and left another from Chorley unconscious for several hours.


' Andrea Murphy, from Wigan, who took over six times ' the safe limit, combined with a cocktail of ampheta- ■


: The body-building drug hit the regional headlines last week following the inquest into the death of 25-year-old


mines and alcohol. Her distraught parents are now cam-


ipaigning for the drug to be banned. Summing up at the inquest, coroner Mr Martin Lop-


! pel said: "Yet again I am facing a case of a young person i losing life for no good reason, just for kicks and effects, i What Andrea did to herself was terrible; what; she did to : her family was absolutely awful. If publicity is given to 1 this drug, I can only hope people will learn to avoid it at


: Meanwhile in Chorley, a 21-year-old woman who took ' a drink from a miniature spirits bottle which contained i the drug passed out and did not come round for several | hours. According to police officers, she was lucky to bo


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| Lancashire police warn that after-effects of the drug : can include complete memory loss and a slowing down of . the heartbeat and breathing. It can be fatal if people j choke while unconscious on it and, when combined with alcohol, it can leave people comatose for a number of days. The drug is purchased by mail order from address­


i club-goers to take the drug in miniature bottles mixed with alcohol and to share it between them.


es in magazines. A Lancashire police spokesman said the trend was lor


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©Buying and using them: amphetamines are made in illegal laboratories, but amphetamine-like drugs are sometimes prescribed in tablet form for people want­ ing to lose weight. Illicitly, they can be


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levels. In the long-term, users can feel depressed and paranoid. © Prevalence in the Ribble


Valley: a recent Activate survey conducted among nearly 500 youngsters, showed four per cent of those aged between 12 and 17 had tried it, making it the sixth most popular drug used in the valley among


bought as a white or grey­ ish-white powder, which can be sniffed, swallowed or injected. Injecting drugs is more dangerous; if injecting equipment is shared then there is a risk of contracting HIV or hepatitis. © Effects: amphetamine is


a stimulant, so it makes users feel energetic and excited, which for some young people makes it an attractive drug to take when going out to night­


clubs. ©Problems: the after­


effects include mood swings, difficulty sleeping; tiredness and low energy


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young people. ©Legal status: ampheta­ mines are usually class B drugs, which means those caught in possession of them can face five years’ imprisonment and a fine. Those who sell them and are caught can face up to 14 years in prison and a fine. In injectable form they become class A, which can mean seven years' imprison­ ment and a fine if caught in possession. For help, information and


helpline for the families and friends of drug users (Mon­ day to Friday,10 a.m. - 5 p.m.) 0171 92S 8900.


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STEVE is coming to town to give a musical message on drug awareness. Steve is a four-piece gui­


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in Denmark, is part of a Christian music-collective called Engage, which aims to promote awareness around social issues from a Christian perspective. Engage is supported by Clitheroe entrepreneurs Mr John Lancaster and his wife, Rosemary, through their Lancaster Founda­ tion. Engage bands have already played many gigs in and around the Ribble Val­


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WALKERS from the Rib­ ble Valley took part in North West Lancashire Ramblers’ Association out­ ing to Hollingworth Lake, near Littlcborough, when brilliant blue skies and bright sunshine showed the area at its best for the time


want Lo ram the Christian message down people's throats, because they let their lyrics do the talking. But promoting drugs awareness is something


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aimed at 12 lo 21-year-olds, Lakes place at the Trinity Centre, Wesleyan Row, Clitheroe, on March 19th. Tickets are priced .El and are available from the Trin- ity Centre Office. People can buy tickets on the door on the night of the gig.


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now being taken for the next coach ramble on Feb­ ruary 28th to Malham. For more information telephone Mrs Hands (01282 703597)


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