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More deaths caused by mephedrone in the UK 

Two teenage boys die within hours of each other 'after taking new legal high Mephedrone', Daily Mail writes 16th Marh.

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Documentary on Wales BBC X-ray (1st February 2010)

Mind-altering drugs are still readily available in High Street shops despite a number of so-called "legal highs" being banned by the UK government, BBC News writes.

The ban was introduced in December as a result of health fears. But BBC Wales' X-Ray programme found goods like the Ecstasy-like pill Doves or the hallucinogenic herb salvia on sale as plant food or incense.

Still availlable in the head shop

An undercover researcher for X-Ray was able to buy both substances over the counter in Wales at shops selling clothing and accessories marketed at young people - despite saying she wanted to take them at a party.