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Star Wars drug campaign launches

by isleofman.com 23rd January 2013

Concerns about a 'second wave' of mephedrone use among young people has prompted a local drug awareness charity to launch a new campaign.

DASH says the substance, or what those who buy it believe to be 'plant food', seems to have become more prevalent among 15 and 16-year-olds on the Island.

This Saturday the organisation will be in the Strand Shopping Centre, launching its Star Wars-themed campaign against the 'Plant Food Menace', Darth Vader, Stormtroopers and all.

DASH's Shelly Stanley says there is a serious message within all this, though:

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Posted by isleofman.com
Wednesday 23rd, January 2013 12:25pm.

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