City centres across the south west have come under scrutiny in recent months as “spice zombies” have been increasing in numbers.
Spice was once a legal high but was made illegal in 2016 after a blanket ban on psychoactive substances.
It was a relatively unknown substance, but has risen up the ranks as one of the most devastating drugs on users’ mental and physical health.
The spice zombies can be seen stood like statues or laid frozen on the ground as the effects of this cheap synthetic drug take hold of their bodies.
Now some addicts elsewhere in the UK have revealed what it really feels like.
Across the country, Spice, also known as the "zombie drug" is being sold on the streets for as little as £5 and is causing an "epidemic in prisons".
"It's worse than heroin. Once you're hooked on it, you're f***ed basically," said one user, who has been off the drug for six days, told Wales Online.
The man-made drug usually consists of a mixture of herbs or shredded plant material with mind-altering chemicals sprayed on them.
Users smoke it and effects can vary between feelings of relaxation and euphoria.
However, it also causes a significant reduction in the respiratory system, which causes the body to shut down due to low oxygen levels - hence the zombie-like state.
One user said their heart was beating so hard it felt like it was going to come out of their chest.
In Cardiff, users have been seen “frozen in place” and passed out.
Describing what happens when she smokes Spice, one woman said: "You don't know what you're taking, to be honest.
"And when you do take it, it just makes you trip out and sometimes you get this scary feeling. But then it'll just wipe you out completely, like stronger than heroin for a good 20 minutes.
"And then you'll come round without even realising you've been under for the last 20 minutes. Then you spark up another spliff and just go on and on and on.
"Do not take it. It's the worst drug ever."
Meanwhile, another Spice user - who says he stopped using the drug ten days ago and is determined not to go back - describes how easy it is to get hold of and says it is "like buying sweets".
"It's very easy, so easy you wouldn't believe it," he admitted.
"I usually buy £10 worth three times a day. Some people, it can make them fall over and comatose. Others, it just feels like weed.
"When I used to smoke it, it used to make me feel just comfortable and relaxed. But, other than that, it can wreck your life."
Asked if he knew anyone whose life had been ruined by Spice, he said: "It nearly wrecked mine, yes. It can poison you, it can stop your heart.
"I know people who have died on it recently, it's really not good, terrible, and something needs to be done about it.
"It's very, very easy to get addicted to it but the addiction is more mental than physical. Spice makes you need it physically and mentally.
Everything you need to know about Spice
Everything you need to know about Spice
What is Spice?
Spice is a nickname for a herbal mixture containing one or more of a group of drugs called synthetic cannabinoids.
The liquid chemical is sprayed onto the herbal mix but Spice can also come in powder form or even used in e-cigarettes.
Why is it so potent?
Spice started out as a legal cannabis substitute but the market changed and users wanted something stronger
Spice became an extremely potent product and quite unlike cannabis creating ‘super stimulators’ and can be up to 800 times more potent than cannabis.
One pinch of Spice the size of a match-head is an active dose.
Is Spice legal?
The drug was part of what was collectively known as legal highs and was initially made illegal in 2009.
But the product was continually tweaked to ensure they were not covered under the Misuse of Drugs Act.
However, in 2016 all these synthetic drugs were covered under the Psychoactive Substances Act and are now Class B drugs.
Is Spice detectable?
Spice hardly has a smell and cannot be identified when smoked with tobacco. It is also difficult to detect in drug screenings, particularly if they are tweaked.
Who is using Spice?
The big problem with Spice is that it seems to attract some of society's most vulnerable people and is particularly popular among prisoners, rough sleepers, psychiatric in-patients and young people.
"Cocaine is more of a want, whereas heroin is a physical need and spice is in between. It's a mental want but you'll be sick so you physically need it as well."
Speaking outside a medical centre in Cardiff, a woman who has been off Spice for six days - and started smoking it a year and a half before it was made illegal - described the effect on her behaviour.
"It's affected me big-time with my paranoia," she said.
"I get angry a lot quicker. I'm not an angry person but it's turned me, not violent, but I get really irate within seconds.
"It's not good to come off, it has the same effects as heroin when withdrawing. It's psychologically addictive. With crack, it's not a physical withdrawal, it's psychosis.
"You see things that aren't there, you hear things, people talking to you when they're not, you're constantly wary and paranoid. I've accused my own friends of robbing me when they haven't."
Lisa, a heroin user living on the streets, said Spice is rife. She tried it once but “it scared the life out of me”.
“Spice is dangerous to me”, she said. “It is worse than heroin”.
Barrie, a 34-year-old who struggles with a heroin addiction, said he tried spice a couple of times while in prison - where he would be offered the drug on a daily basis - and that all it took was a couple of drags to “knock you out for six”.
“You can be out of your mind,” he said, adding that people in that so-called zombie state can see what is going on but they can’t move.
Another woman said: "We know people who sell it. You can get it in £5 bags, £10 bags.
"We get judged for everything but believe it or not, it's people who are not homeless who have introduced us to this.
"Everything is blamed on homeless people. I don't want to smoke it. I've been off it for six days. You can't just come off it with nothing, though," she said, adding that valium and diazepam help.
Another homeless man living in a tent said: "I've been taking spice for ages now. I'm homeless and I need my fix to get me through the day - I've had a hard life."
A Spice user had a message for people who might be thinking of taking it.
"Stay away from it because it will totally hit you the other way," he urged.
"You think it's all fun and games. The first time I smoked it, two drags and I was in hospital. Do not, at any cost, smoke it. It's bad stuff, you don't know what's in it, it's not a drug to smoke and not for human consumption.
"I'm off it now and I hope to stay off it. I've got my focus set. I'm going to do my utmost best to stay off it because I know what it does and I've seen good friends die."
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City centres across the south west have come under scrutiny in recent months as “spice zombies” have been increasing in numbers.
Spice was once a legal high but was made illegal in 2016 after a blanket ban on psychoactive substances.
It was a relatively unknown substance, but has risen up the ranks as one of the most devastating drugs on users’ mental and physical health.
The spice zombies can be seen stood like statues or laid frozen on the ground as the effects of this cheap synthetic drug take hold of their bodies.
Now some addicts elsewhere in the UK have revealed what it really feels like.
Across the country, Spice, also known as the "zombie drug" is being sold on the streets for as little as £5 and is causing an "epidemic in prisons".
"It's worse than heroin. Once you're hooked on it, you're f***ed basically," said one user, who has been off the drug for six days, told Wales Online.
The man-made drug usually consists of a mixture of herbs or shredded plant material with mind-altering chemicals sprayed on them.
Users smoke it and effects can vary between feelings of relaxation and euphoria.
However, it also causes a significant reduction in the respiratory system, which causes the body to shut down due to low oxygen levels - hence the zombie-like state.
One user said their heart was beating so hard it felt like it was going to come out of their chest.
In Cardiff, users have been seen “frozen in place” and passed out.
Describing what happens when she smokes Spice, one woman said: "You don't know what you're taking, to be honest.
"And when you do take it, it just makes you trip out and sometimes you get this scary feeling. But then it'll just wipe you out completely, like stronger than heroin for a good 20 minutes.
"And then you'll come round without even realising you've been under for the last 20 minutes. Then you spark up another spliff and just go on and on and on.
"Do not take it. It's the worst drug ever."
Meanwhile, another Spice user - who says he stopped using the drug ten days ago and is determined not to go back - describes how easy it is to get hold of and says it is "like buying sweets".
"It's very easy, so easy you wouldn't believe it," he admitted.
"I usually buy £10 worth three times a day. Some people, it can make them fall over and comatose. Others, it just feels like weed.
"When I used to smoke it, it used to make me feel just comfortable and relaxed. But, other than that, it can wreck your life."
Asked if he knew anyone whose life had been ruined by Spice, he said: "It nearly wrecked mine, yes. It can poison you, it can stop your heart.
"I know people who have died on it recently, it's really not good, terrible, and something needs to be done about it.
"It's very, very easy to get addicted to it but the addiction is more mental than physical. Spice makes you need it physically and mentally.
Everything you need to know about Spice
Everything you need to know about Spice
What is Spice?
Spice is a nickname for a herbal mixture containing one or more of a group of drugs called synthetic cannabinoids.
The liquid chemical is sprayed onto the herbal mix but Spice can also come in powder form or even used in e-cigarettes.
Why is it so potent?
Spice started out as a legal cannabis substitute but the market changed and users wanted something stronger
Spice became an extremely potent product and quite unlike cannabis creating ‘super stimulators’ and can be up to 800 times more potent than cannabis.
One pinch of Spice the size of a match-head is an active dose.
Is Spice legal?
The drug was part of what was collectively known as legal highs and was initially made illegal in 2009.
But the product was continually tweaked to ensure they were not covered under the Misuse of Drugs Act.
However, in 2016 all these synthetic drugs were covered under the Psychoactive Substances Act and are now Class B drugs.
Is Spice detectable?
Spice hardly has a smell and cannot be identified when smoked with tobacco. It is also difficult to detect in drug screenings, particularly if they are tweaked.
Who is using Spice?
The big problem with Spice is that it seems to attract some of society's most vulnerable people and is particularly popular among prisoners, rough sleepers, psychiatric in-patients and young people.
"Cocaine is more of a want, whereas heroin is a physical need and spice is in between. It's a mental want but you'll be sick so you physically need it as well."
Speaking outside a medical centre in Cardiff, a woman who has been off Spice for six days - and started smoking it a year and a half before it was made illegal - described the effect on her behaviour.
"It's affected me big-time with my paranoia," she said.
"I get angry a lot quicker. I'm not an angry person but it's turned me, not violent, but I get really irate within seconds.
"It's not good to come off, it has the same effects as heroin when withdrawing. It's psychologically addictive. With crack, it's not a physical withdrawal, it's psychosis.
"You see things that aren't there, you hear things, people talking to you when they're not, you're constantly wary and paranoid. I've accused my own friends of robbing me when they haven't."
Lisa, a heroin user living on the streets, said Spice is rife. She tried it once but “it scared the life out of me”.
“Spice is dangerous to me”, she said. “It is worse than heroin”.
Barrie, a 34-year-old who struggles with a heroin addiction, said he tried spice a couple of times while in prison - where he would be offered the drug on a daily basis - and that all it took was a couple of drags to “knock you out for six”.
“You can be out of your mind,” he said, adding that people in that so-called zombie state can see what is going on but they can’t move.
Another woman said: "We know people who sell it. You can get it in £5 bags, £10 bags.
"We get judged for everything but believe it or not, it's people who are not homeless who have introduced us to this.
"Everything is blamed on homeless people. I don't want to smoke it. I've been off it for six days. You can't just come off it with nothing, though," she said, adding that valium and diazepam help.
Another homeless man living in a tent said: "I've been taking spice for ages now. I'm homeless and I need my fix to get me through the day - I've had a hard life."
A Spice user had a message for people who might be thinking of taking it.
"Stay away from it because it will totally hit you the other way," he urged.
"You think it's all fun and games. The first time I smoked it, two drags and I was in hospital. Do not, at any cost, smoke it. It's bad stuff, you don't know what's in it, it's not a drug to smoke and not for human consumption.
"I'm off it now and I hope to stay off it. I've got my focus set. I'm going to do my utmost best to stay off it because I know what it does and I've seen good friends die."
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