School suspends 'legal high' trio

The school also held an assembly about the dangers of 'legal high' drugs

Three pupils have been given a "short" suspension from a Kent boarding school after buying a "legal high" drug.

Cranbrook School said the sixth form students, who had admitted buying Mephedrone, will attend a drug intervention programme next year.

The drug, more commonly known as "bubble" or "drone", has a similar effect to ecstasy and is freely sold as a "designer drug" on the internet.

The teenagers are believed to have bought the drug for a use at a party.

'Duty of care'

The school said the head of chemistry explained to the other sixth formers about the dangers of "legal high" drugs during a special assembly.

Head teacher Angela Daly said: "We know that teenagers experiment but we never condone drug misuse, whether it be alcohol, tobacco, illegal drugs or these new legal highs, the illicit drugs.

"Our school drug policy is clear and pro-active and we followed our policy closely with this Mephedrone incident."

She added: "We hope our students will have learned the truth about this substance and will be able to make more informed choices in the future.

"Teenagers are the target market for these legal highs and other drugs. We take our duty of care very seriously and always look to educate our students, about healthy lifestyle choices."

The drug, which is snorted up the nose, has already been banned by a number of countries, including Denmark, Finland and Israel.

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