Students are seeking to start a society supporting the legalisation of party drugs. The Re-Thinkers launch event ‘Are you high?’ will include a talk from a drug user and a live debate. Students who have formed […]
News | Student dies from drugs cocktail
Students have been expressing their grief following the death of a final year Dentistry student. An inquest into the suddent death of Mariam Ali Shaabam Hussain Khesroh found she had taken a concoction of ketamine […]
Debate | Should drugs be legalised?
Last week, in an interview on Channel 4, Russell Brand continued his rampage against the establishment, this time focusing on our current drug laws, the so-called ‘war on drugs’. He suggested that “people don’t want […]
News | Crackdown on Hyde Park headshop
Leeds City Council may force shops selling legal highs to black out their windows and ban under 18s from buying their products. The move comes after councillors were briefed by police on the growing popularity […]
News | Carr Mills cannabis den busted
Police are currently searching for a suspected drug dealer after a bust on student accommodation Carr Mills. The plants and equipment for growing the Class B drug were found in the apartment of Abel Miles, […]
News | Head shop opens in Hyde Park
A shop selling legal highs and drugs paraphernalia has started trading in Hyde Park. Rudeboy Headshop opened on Hyde Park Corner in July and prides itself on its range of new psychoactive substances or ‘legal […]
Raid on Woodhouse cannabis den
A residential home being used as a cannabis den in Woodhouse was raided by police last week following a report of a break-in. Police received the report that several men had been seen breaking into […]
Security leave students feeling “unsafe” after drug raid
Two students arrested in their Halls for possessing drugs have launched an official complaint against University Security. The students say that they “no longer feel safe” in their own flat, after they were held in […]
Two arrests in Lupton drugs bust
Police have carried out a drugs bust at Lupton halls of residence. The incident took place at approximately 9:40pm on Sunday February 24, after University security informed Police that they suspected students were taking drugs […]
Legally High
Colombia is considering decriminalising Ecstasy as a way of aiding its ongoing war on drugs. This week Big Debate asks, should the UK decriminalise drugs to gain control over its drug culture? NO: Melissa […]
City exposed as party drugs capital
This week a BBC documentary has exposed Leeds as the party drugs capital of the UK. ‘Crazy for Party Drugs’ was aired on BBC3, following the stories of three young people in Leeds. Leeds Student […]
Traders sell students dangerous highs
30.11.12 Dozens of Leeds traders are supplying students with dangerous ‘legal highs’, an investigation by Leeds Student has found. This paper has uncovered that a number of stalls in Leeds Kirkgate market and some local […]