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'Snow in my nose': YouTube accused of glamorising drug abuse after airing Dutch 'Drugslab' where presenters take Class A substances for all to see • Dutch YouTubers are seen taking Class A drugs to see what their effects are • Drugslab presenters snort cocaine, smoke cannabis and take LSD and GHB • Presenters are Nellie Benner 30, Rens Polman, 25, and Bastiaan Rosman, 23 • They claim the aim of the show is 'not to encourage people to take drugs' By Published: 01:34 GMT, 5 November 2017 Updated: 12:13 GMT, 5 November 2017. Has been accused of glamorising drug abuse by screening a programme in which attractive young presenters take cocaine and LSD then gleefully describe their mind-altering effects. Hundreds of thousands of British teenagers watch the show, which also gives tips on drug-taking, including the advice that lines of cocaine should be snorted in 30-minute intervals. After taking the date-rape drug GHB – often used by predators to spike drinks – the male and female presenters announce it has put them in the mood for sex. In another episode, a presenter, silhouetted behind a screen, performs a sex act while sniffing amyl nitrate and watching pornography. Presenters Nellie Benner (pictured right), 30, Rens Polman (pictured left), 25, and Bastiaan Rosman, 23 are seen taking drugs in a studio loosely resembling a science laboratory Last night YouTube, owned by Google, which has been criticised for failing to clamp down on jihadi videos, was resisting demands to remove the programme.

Campaigners condemned the web giant as irresponsible and said the show encourages young people to experiment with potentially deadly substances. Tory MP Simon Hart, who sits on the Commons' Digital and Culture Committee, called for the programme to be taken down. Presenter Nellie Benner (pictured) says she 'loves everyone' after taking ecstasy live on air He said: 'People may conceivably die after doing what the people in these videos are doing.'

But YouTube insists the show has a 'clear educational value' and said it was 'proud to be a place that people can visit to find information on a range of subjects'. In the programme, made for YouTube by a Dutch broadcaster: • Viewers are advised how much ketamine, a horse tranquilliser, to take and are told: 'If you don't feel anything you can take some more after 15 minutes': • A female presenter says after taking LSD: 'It's magical'; • Drugs are bought from dealers with £50,000-a-year funding from the Dutch education ministry; • Presenters play rock-paper-scissors to decide who will take ecstasy. Outside of the Netherlands, Drugslab is most popular in Britain, where it has been viewed nearly three million times. Each show begins with the warning: 'This is an educational show about the use and the effects of drugs. It is explicitly not the intention to encourage people to use drugs.' Some of the videos are 'age-restricted'. This is supposed to prevent under 18s from watching, but the makers admit youngsters can access them by simply typing in a false date of birth when they register a YouTube account.

Benner (pictured), 30, becomes hysterical after smoking cannabis on a Drugslab video Every Friday Dutch broadcaster BNNVARA uploads a new video of one of the three presenters – Nellie Benner, 30, Rens Polman, 25, and Bastiaan Rosman, 23 – taking drugs in a studio loosely resembling a science laboratory. One of them puts on a heart rate and body temperature monitor and proceeds to snort, smoke or swallow different drugs. Their 'experiments' are interspersed with playful repartee. One Christmas-themed episode begins with Benner asking: 'What do you associate with a white Christmas?'

Drugs lab presenter Rens Polman (pictured) swallows the data rape drug GHB and says he wants to have sex as a result She then answers: 'Cocaine', before unwrapping a bag of white powder. Her co-host Polman says: 'Cocaine makes you talkative, warm and energetic. A low dose can be sexually stimulating.

You're alert and full of adrenaline.' Benner adds: 'More confident and creative.' Polman then prepares a line of cocaine for Benner, who smiles and says 'all for science' before snorting it with a gold-coloured tube. In the background a monitor shows her heart rate jumping from 67 to 115 beats per minute. Benner says she feels 'more aggressive' and would 'enjoy a bit of fighting now'.

Giggling, she then declares: 'I would like to have sex now.' Benner (pictured) celebrates a 'white Christmas' taking cocaine on the Dutch YouTube channel, which is watched by thousands of teenagers in the UK After 40 minutes they prepare another line and Polman tells viewers: 'Of course, you won't get addicted from using cocaine once.' A test revealed the cocaine used was 73 per cent pure and, alarmingly, had been cut with Levamisole, a flesh-eating chemical. Keygen Pro V4 2 World Builder Youtube.

Earlier this year, trainee nurse Penny Hargreaves, 21, died after a drug binge in which she snorted lines of cocaine without knowing it had been mixed with the deadly substance, used by vets to kill parasitic worms in horses and cows. Presenter Benner (pictured) is filmed outside after taking LSD, saying she feels 'so magical' waking around the woods with her co-host In the YouTube comments section a viewer wrote: 'It's like a kids' show that tells you how to take cocaine. In addition to advising on quantities to take, the presenters issue warnings about mixing drugs and warn viewers not to take them if they have a pre-existing medical condition. The drugs are tested by Holland's Drugs Information Monitoring System and a first-aider is on set during filming.

Drugs claimed a record 3,744 lives in the UK last year, fuelled by a surge in overdoses of cocaine. The increasing purity of the Class A drug is believed to be behind the deaths of 371 users – a rise of 16 per cent. Possession of cocaine carries a maximum seven-year prison sentence. Critics in the UK have slammed Drugslab and YouTube for glamourising drug abuse. Teenage fashion student Esther Garrity (pictured right) was left brain damaged after Samuel Farley (pictured left), 21, stamped on her head 27 times while on LSD In another episode, Polman 'loses' a game of rock-paper-scissors and takes an ecstasy tablet and is then filmed dancing around a studio. In a separate film, Benner swallows half an ecstasy pill and spends the episode dancing to music in a tribal headdress. Afterwards she says: 'I came down nice and easy.'

British youngsters are thought to be Europe's biggest users of ecstasy and deaths related to the drug have soared in recent years. The drug has been linked to more than 200 deaths since 1996. Yesterday the grandmother of Daniel Ferguson, 16, from Cheshire, who died earlier this year after taking a cocktail of cocaine, ecstasy and LSD, said the show 'glamorises' drug-taking. Carole Ferguson said: 'If the hosts look great and are having fun then you can understand why other impressionable people would feel like it's a good idea.

'Daniel took drugs because of peer pressure and you can see how these videos would encourage someone to try them out. 'Drugs affect everyone differently so just because the presenters are okay it doesn't mean everyone else will be. All it takes is for one bad dose for it to be lethal.' Drugslab does offer a warning message, claiming it is an 'educational show about the use and effects of drugs'.

It says the purpose is 'not to encourage people to use drugs' Last week a judge issued a warning over the country's drug culture after jailing a young professional for a ferocious attack that left his girlfriend brain-damaged. Design engineer Samuel Farley, 21, kicked and punched Esther Garrity 27 times when he became psychotic after taking LSD on a night out in Middlesbrough. In one video Benner takes LSD which she describes as 'magical'. She says: 'I have it under control, but I wouldn't want it to be more intense than this.'

But then she says: 'I'm tripping way too hard, I need to lie down.' Benner is also filmed taking date-rape drug GHB, which has become increasingly common on the clubbing scene over the past ten years, and can kill by causing cardio-respiratory arrest or choking when mixed with alcohol. But Benner says: 'When it stopped working I felt great. I don't feel like I used drugs yesterday.' In another episode, Polman is given a dose of GHB.

He then watches pornography on a laptop before telling Benner: 'I really feel like having sex.' Polman is also filmed sucking nitrous oxide from a balloon. The drug, known as hippy crack, killed eight people in the UK last year. He says: 'You feel you're losing consciousness, you drift off It's a bit like fainting.'

Benner, meanwhile, also tries the hallucinogenic Class A drug 2CB, described as a cross between ecstasy and LSD, and dances around the studio. MP Mr Hart said: 'To argue they are performing an educational purpose is utterly disingenuous. 'People are beginning to wonder how serious online companies such as YouTube are about behaving responsibly instead of claiming it's freedom of speech or whatever.' Elizabeth Burton-Phillips, of charity DrugFAM, said: 'This makes me very angry as it is a lesson on how to use drugs. It's no different to radicalising someone except it's not religion or politics – it's drugs.'

Drugslab spokeswoman Maxime van de Groep said: 'The show is very transparent – if the presenter has a good time on a drug they are honest about it and if they have a bad experience they will say that, too. The videos can seem very light and fun to watch but that's because we want to appeal to youngsters. 'We work with a mental health and addiction centre to make sure our drugs are tested and they will guide us in what we can do.' YouTube said: 'Drugslab is a channel from a respected national public broadcaster in the Netherlands and aims to educate around the safe use and dangers of drugs. 'While YouTube has clear policies against content that encourages people to do dangerous or harmful things, we make exceptions for content with clear educational or documentary value.' Skunk turned my perfect girl into paranoid raving wreck By Sherron Mayes, author and mother I'd always thought I had the perfect daughter, the sort of girl who would get up early on Mother's Day, bake me a chocolate cake and put a bunch of flowers from the garden on the dining table. Isabel was sweet natured, thoughtful and bright.

But all that changed the day after she turned 16. 'I can do what I like now,' she told me, and began to stay out late, ignoring texts and calls. She got herself a boyfriend, started smoking cigarettes, bleached her beautiful long hair, and hung out with a group of so-called 'cool' friends. 'That's teenagers for you,' a close friend said, when I confided I was sick with worry. 'You'll lose her for a while, but she'll come back to you.' The first warnings came in the form of emails from her college tutor complaining that Isabel looked washed ou t, that she couldn't find her way to lessons, or that she was missing from class altogether.

Isabel has since recovered from her crippling drug habit and is pictured hugging her mother Sherron She had been a grade-A student when she left secondary school; now she was getting Ds and Es. 'It's fine,' is all Isabel would say when I questioned her. Then I found the messages. One evening she logged into Facebook on my iPhone, and forgot to log out. Scrolling through her photos, I saw a picture of her smoking what looked suspiciously like a joint, and another of her perching precariously over a bridge late at night, looking totally 'out of it'.

I challenged her, and she admitted she was regularly smoking skunk with friends. 'Everyone's doing it. And it chills you out,' she said, with a smirk. 'You should try it!'

As my anxiety mounted, I began to see less of her as she preferred to spend her weekends at 'sleepovers'. Isabel was losing weight and neglecting her appearance, showing interest in nothing but her friends. Today, I know that she had been dabbling with numerous illegal drugs, all readily available: cocaine, LSD and ecstasy.

And, most disastrously of all, she had been smoking super-strength cannabis, or skunk, for around 18 months. Addiction runs in both sides of my family, paternal and maternal, with drugs and alcohol, and I had always drummed the dangers into her. Yet she was surrounded by illegal substances, immersed in a 'party' culture.

Drugs were on offer from other students at college, at parties and casual sleepovers. They featured on Facebook, with friends commenting on what they did or didn't smoke or snort. To them it was the norm. Then, in March this year, everything came crashing down. I hadn't seen Isabel for a few days as she'd stayed at a friend's house. She arrived home looking glazed and dishevelled. When I asked her what she wanted for dinner, her responses to my question seemed slow, as if she couldn't formulate words.

'What have you taken?' My daughter suddenly seemed very fragile. She wrapped her arms around me, and we sat together on the sofa, with her head leaning on my shoulder as I stroked her hair. 'I'm really upset,' she said later that evening. 'My friends are talking about me, and I can't join in.' I asked what she meant. She said she could hear them telepathically.

'You know that makes no sense,' I said, my stomach twisting into knots. My worst fears were confirmed the following morning when I heard a loud bang. The cat raced upstairs and darted under the bed, and I found Isabel outside in the garden, saying calmly: 'I've smashed my phone.' I looked at the patio and saw bits of her new Samsung scattered everywhere.

'People are tracking me,' she whispered. She then ran inside and grabbed a bread knife from the cutlery drawer, and held it in front of me, threatening to kill herself. 'I'm a bad person,' she screamed, before I wrestled the knife off her. Afterwards, she was on the floor in the foetal position, mumbling repeatedly, 'I want to be a baby' as she put her thumb in her mouth.

I called an ambulance and they took us to Accident and Emergency, where Isabel continued rambling. She was assessed by two psychiatrists and a mental health social worker, who felt that she had drug-induced psychosis, and should be detained under the Mental Health Act, or 'sectioned', for her own safety. No one knows why some people are more susceptible than others to cannabis, but the fact is that research has linked it to a quarter of all new psychosis cases. Cannabis contains chemical compounds called CBD and THC.

CBD reduces anxiety and is anti-psychotic, but THC is the chemical that gets you stoned, and creates anxiety. When the plant is speed-grown under intense lights – which is how skunk is predominantly grown in the UK – the CBD levels are reduced, leaving you with higher levels of THC. And that puts the smoker at risk of mental health problems.

Regular smoking can create an insidious effect that users might not notice for a while, starting with a lack of concentration, motivation and confused thinking. All those aspects are the initial symptoms of psychosis, which can occur long before the delusions and paranoia.

Isabel was kept in hospital for three nights until staff could find her a bed in a specialist unit for adolescents with mental health problems. I was relieved that, finally, she would be in a safe place. For ten days Isabel was put under observation without any medication, to see if whatever was in her system would clear and she would return to her usual self. But that didn't happen. She actually appeared to get worse. Every time I saw her, she would beg me to take her home, saying there were dead people in the walls and under the floorboards, and that the Government was trying to control her mind. The worst moment was when she questioned whether I was actually her mother.

'Where are my real parents?' She would shout, as she paced the room assigned for visits. 'Tell me the truth about my birth!' When a nurse put a glass of water down on the table for me, she'd shout: 'No, don't drink it!

She's put something in there.' Staring psychosis in the face is terrifying.

Paranoid delusions cannot be reasoned with or challenged. I was scared she might never come back to me. That this would be it. My daughter forever trapped in this world of madness.

I read articles about psychosis until my head hurt, but the information overload didn't help. The hospital psychiatrist couldn't advise much either. 'Potentially she could become fully schizophrenic,' he warned.

'She might have to stay on medication for a long time.' The only thing I could do was wait; pray that she'd return back to the sweet-natured girl I knew was still there, buried under the chaos – and we were lucky. After three and a half months, Isabel was discharged, fully well. And we were finally able to discuss why she was so drawn to drugs. We agreed she would start again, close down her old Facebook account and set up a new one, and that I would monitor her phone periodically. It was just as well.

The number of dealers popping up on her text messages was crazy. And, most importantly, Isabel has understood that for some, the so-called benefits of smoking weed, are not worth losing your sanity over. Mayes’ first historical suspense novel, Letters to the Pianist, (BHC Press/Gelan) is out now, in hardback, paperback and eBook.

This is despite the fact that if ingested in sufficient quantities, levamisole can cause ulcerating skin lesions and. Although other testing has suggested levamisole is in street cocaine at levels too low to affect most users, among some unlucky addicts it can rot the skin and also cause a serious drop in their “disease fighting” white blood cell count, leaving them open to infections – a condition described by one US dermatologist as “a little bit like having HIV.” “They may be walking around like a time bomb,” said Dr Noah Craft, of the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute.

“About 10 per cent of these patients will die from severe infections.” Levamisole, though, was only the second most common cocaine cutting agent. The study found that the most common – occurring in four in five samples – was phenacetin, a painkiller banned in the US since 1983 because of its links to cancer and kidney damage. One scientific study of people abusing phenacetin found they were than non-users.

Cutting agents found by DrugAbuse.com to be in cocaine and heroin (DrugAbuse.com) The study – Russian Roulette: the hidden dangers of cutting agents in cocaine and heroin – referred to samples of street drugs found in the US, but the incidence of cutting agents in the UK is thought to be roughly similar, or even higher. In 2014 the Liberal Democrat Crime Prevention Minister Norman Baker said around 80 per cent of UK cocaine contained levamisole and warned that people taking illegal drugs without knowing what they had been cut with were “playing Russian Roulette with their lives”. The DrugAbuse.com study also comes after this summer found that dealers were duping users into consuming ground up cement or crushed anti-malarial pills with their Class A drugs – which led some to suggest that instead of leaving the market to organised crime might reduce the harm they caused. After analysing what cutting agents were used in heroin and cocaine, the DrugAbuse.com study concluded: “There is no ‘safe’ street drug and cutting agents are only adding to the danger.”. DrugAbuse.com catalogued the possible effects on the human body of cutting agents found in street heroin and cocaine (DrugAbuse.com ) The researchers found an increasing use of cutting agents, which are used to dilute drugs doses so dealers can sell more hits and make more money, and in some cases to give an added “kick” to the already potent Class A drug. In 1987, the study found, cocaine was 80 per cent pure, whereas average purity is now around 52 per cent. Purity has fallen from 58 per cent in 1993 to about 35 per cent now.

• • • • • • • • • • • 1/10 10. Purple Drank One of the more unusual drugs around at the moment, purple drank was popularised in 90s hip hop culture, with the likes of Jay Z and Big Moe all mentioning it in their songs. It is a concoction of soda water, sweets and cold medicine, and is drunk due to cold medicines high codeine content, which gives the user a woozy feeling. However it can also cause respiratory issues and heart failure • 2/10 9.

Scopolamine Scopolamine is a derivative from the nightshade plant found in the Northern Indian region of South America (Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela). It is generally found in a refined powder form, but can also be found as a tea. The drug is more often used by criminals due its high toxicity level (one gram is believed to be able to kill up to 20 people) making it a strong poison. However, it is also believed that the drug is blown into the faces of unexpecting victims, later causing them to lose all sense of self-control and becoming incapable of forming memories during the time they are under the influence of the drug. This tactic has reportedly been used by gangs in Colombia where there have been reports of people using scopolamine as way to convince victims to rob their own homes • 3/10 8. Heroin Founded in 1874 by C. Alder Wright, heroin is one of the world’s oldest drugs.

Originally it was prescribed as a strong painkiller used to treat chronic pain and physical trauma. However in 1971 it was made illegal under the Misuse of Drugs Act. Since then it has become one of the most destructive substances in the world, tearing apart communities and destroying families. The side effects of heroin include inflammation of the gums, cold sweats, a weak immune system, muscular weakness and insomnia. It can also damage blood vessels which can later cause gangrene if left untreated • 4/10 7. Crack cocaine Crack cocaine first came about in the 1980’s when cocaine became a widespread commodity within the drug trafficking world. Originally cocaine would have attracted a high price tag due to its rarity and difficulty to produce, but once it became more widespread the price dropped significantly.

This resulted in drug dealers forming their cocaine into rock like shapes by using baking soda as a way of distilling the powder down into rock form. People were doing this because it allowed for them to sell cocaine at a lower quantity and to a higher number of people. The side effects of crack cocaine include liver, kidney and lung damage, as well as permanent damage to blood vessels, which can often lead to heart attacks, strokes, and ultimately death • 5/10 6. Crystal meth Not just famous because of a certain Walter H White, but also because it is one of the most destructive drugs in the world. First developed in 1887, it became widely used during the Second World War when both sides would give it to their troops to keep them awake.

It is also believed that the Japanese gave it to their Kamikaze pilots before their suicide missions. After the war crystal meth was prescribed as a diet aid and remained legal until the 1970s. Since then it has fallen into the hands of Mexican gangs and has become a worldwide phenomenon, spreading throughout Europe and Asia.

The effects of crystal meth are devastating. In the short-term users will become sleep depraved and anxious, and in the long-term it will cause their flesh to sink, as well as brain damage and damage of the blood vessels • 6/10 5. AH-7921 AH-7921 is a synthetic opioid that was previously available to legally purchase online from vendors until it became a Class A in January 2015.

The drug is believed to have 80% of the potency of morphine, and became known as the ‘legal heroin’. While there has only been one death related to AH-7921 in the UK, it is believed to be highly dangerous and capable of causing respiratory arrest and gangrene • 7/10 4. Flakka Flakka is a stimulant with a similar chemical make-up to the amphetamine-like drug found in bath salts. While the drug was originally marketed as a legal high alternative to ecstasy, the effects are significantly different. The user will feel an elevated heart rate, enhanced emotions, and, if enough is digested, strong hallucinations. The drug can cause permanent psychological damage due to it affecting the mood regulating neurons that keep the mind’s serotonin and dopamine in check, as well as possibly causing heart failure • 8/10 3. Bath salts Bath salts are a synthetic crystalline drug that is prevalent in the US.

While they may sound harmless, they certainly aren’t the sort of salts you drop into a warm bath when having a relaxing night in, they are most similar to mephedrone, and have recently been featured throughout social media due to the ‘zombification’ of its. The name comes from the fact that the drug was originally sold online, and widely disguised as bath salts. The side effects include unusual psychiatric behaviour, psychosis, panic attacks and violent behaviour, as well as the possibility of a heart attack and an elevated body temperature • 9/10 2.

Whoonga Whoonga is a combination of antiretroviral drugs, used to treat HIV, and various cutting agents such as detergents and poisons. The drug is widely available in South Africa due to South Africa’s high rate of HIV sufferers, and is believed to be popular due to how cheap it is when compared to prescribed antiretrovirals. The drug is highly addictive and can cause major health issues such as internal bleeding, stomach ulcers and ultimately death Getty Images • 10/10 1. Krokodil Krokodil is Russia’s secret addiction. It is believed that over one million Russians are addicted to the drug. Users of krokodil are attracted to the drug due to its low price; it is sold at £20 a gram while heroin is sold for £60. However, krokodil is considered more dangerous than heroin because it is often homemade, with ingredients including painkillers, iodine, lighter fluid and industrial cleaning agents.

This chemical make-up makes the drug highly dangerous and likely to cause gangrene, and eventually rotting of the flesh. This is about the same purity level as during the, but the study suggests that cutting agents found in heroin today are far more dangerous than those used 30 years ago. One increasingly common cutting agent,, has been described by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention as “80 times as potent as morphine and hundreds of times more potent than heroin” – an impression also borne out by street names such as “Drop Dead” and “Serial Killer”. It has been linked to a wave of fatalities among American heroin users and also to the. There have been reports that the singer as containing much weaker painkillers.

• • • In recent years fentanyl has been illegally manufactured in backstreet labs in Mexico and China. Some users deliberately take heroin laced with fentanyl to get a more powerful high, but increasingly it is being used to cut the Class A drug and sold to addicts without them knowing what they are really taking. Most deaths so far have occurred in America, but in the UK, Thaker Hafid, 37, a father of three from Cardiff, was last year found to have died from taking a variant of the drug known as acetyl fentanyl after ordering it online from China as a so-called “”. And there is evidence that the cutting agents used by dealers may be getting even more dangerous. In the last few weeks, US officials have revealed that overdoses are now being caused by heroin laced with carfentanil, which is supposed to be used by vets as a sedative for elephants and other very large animals. It is 100 times stronger than fentanyl and is the most potent commercially available opioid in the world.

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