Young people have been warned about the dangers of powdered drugs that "all look the same" because there is no way to know what is being taken.
At an event in the Dublin's Mansion House, students from Dublin Institute of Technology, University College Dublin and Trinity received a briefing on a new campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of powdered drugs.
Lord Mayor Criona Ni Dhalaigh weighed in behind the campaign, advising that the safest option was to avoid taking drugs in the first place.
"There's no point in pretending that drug use is not an issue among young people, because it is," she said.
"The 'just say no' message hasn't worked and it wasn't credible to those it was targeted at."
Source: Laura Larkin, Irish Independent, 03/04/2016