{"id":141946,"date":"2018-06-16T07:22:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T07:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/devastating-impact-of-spice-shown-in-image-in-bridgend\/"},"modified":"2018-06-16T07:22:25","modified_gmt":"2018-06-16T07:22:25","slug":"devastating-impact-of-spice-shown-in-image-in-bridgend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/devastating-impact-of-spice-shown-in-image-in-bridgend\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Devastating&#8217; impact of &#8216;Spice&#8217; shown in image in Bridgend"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The picture, circulated on social media, was said to be taken on Tuesday in Bridgend\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/FFAE\/production\/_102045456_spice-bridgend.jpg\"\/><figcaption>Image caption                                      The picture, circulated on social media, was said to be taken on Tuesday in Bridgend                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">A widely-shared photo appearing to show three men slumped over in a street after taking Spice has prompted police to urge the public to &quot;take a stand against drugs&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>The image shows the men in Bridgend town centre, close to where a child is playing.<\/p>\n<p>Another picture has since emerged of a man collapsed on a bench in the town.<\/p>\n<p>South Wales Police said drugs had a &quot;hugely detrimental impact&quot; on communities.<\/p>\n<p>The person who took the photos, who did not want to be named, said they were taken on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Spice, a former &quot;legal high&quot; is an illegal psychoactive substance, designed to mimic the effects of cannabis, but can have severe debilitating effects.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bridgend boy, 11, &#039;zombie-like after taking Spice&#039;<\/li>\n<li>Spice users in Cardiff filmed in &#039;zombie-like&#039; state<\/li>\n<li>Homeless man&#039;s shock at Manchester Spice &#039;zombies&#039;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure><figcaption>Image caption                                      A second image showing a man slumped on a bench has also emerged                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Det Insp Dean Taylor said the force was aware of the images, which appeared to show the &quot;devastating&quot; effect alcohol and drugs could have on people.<\/p>\n<p>Drugs have &quot;a hugely detrimental impact on our communities&quot; and tackling them was a &quot;priority&quot;, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I would ask that the community continue to work with us and make a stand against the drug dealers who impose this misery upon others.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Det Insp Taylor said the recent Operation Pacific in the town centre which targeted so-called &quot;county lines&quot; and the supply of drugs had led to &quot;a number of arrests&quot;. <\/p>\n<figure>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p04w4snx.jpg\"\/>Media playback is unsupported on your device<figcaption>Media captionFrom 2017: Spice &#039;zombies&#039; in Manchester<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image caption The picture, circulated on social media, was said to be taken on Tuesday in Bridgend A widely-shared photo appearing to show three men slumped over in a street<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":141947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}