I ordered drug-laced vapes on Snapchat. It was as easy as picking up pizza – BBC

I ordered drug-laced vapes on Snapchat. It was as easy as picking up pizza Ushma Mistry BBC Midlands Investigations The BBC bought vape liquid that later tested positive for street drug spice It is a sunny spring afternoon in Warwickshire and I’m parked up in a nondescript hatchback with my cameraman, poised to meet a drug dealer. He has agreed to sell what he claims to be THC vape liquids to a schoolgirl – an illegal substance which is the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis. However, we suspect it actually contains spice, a more potent drug that is highly addictive and can cause serious side effects. And unbeknown to him, the “schoolgirl” is an undercover BBC reporter who has been messaging him on Snapchat. On Friday we published an article exposing these drug dealers who are selling vape liquid laced with spice to unwitting teenagers through adverts posted on the social media site. It came after we went undercover to catch the dealers in the act. Teenagers revealed they did not initially realise they had been vaping spice A year ago I saw social media posts from two mums worried about their teenage daughters, who started vaping what they thought
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