article_snippet: I think we need to tread carefully around drugs education and prevention because it can backfire,' Mr Iversen said. '
article_snippet: One of my worries is that if people think everyone is doing it then people might think it's OK to do it.'
article_snippet: The drug can cause significant harm even in first-time or occasional users, including strokes, heart attacks, over-heating of body temperature to life threatening levels and psychiatric problems.
article_snippet: Health problems are also caused by cutting agents used to make The drug more profitable - including levamisole used to worm sheep - which can lower blood cell numbers and phenacetin which can cause kidney problems.
article_snippet: We will consider the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs advice carefully and respond in due course.'
article_snippet: Dr Niall Campbell, consultant psychiatrist at the Priory Hospital in Roehampton, South-West London, said:
article_snippet: People want an instant antidepressant, and People think cocaine is it, but it absolutely isn’t.
article_snippet: We see lives totally wrecked by it.
highlights_snippet: It could mean that age does not lead to people giving up taking drugs .