THE Daily Echo launched its Say No to Legal Highs campaign following a number of deaths of young people in Hampshire.
They included schoolboy Adam Hunt, from Millbrook, who died in hospital in August 2013 - five days after falling seriously ill after taking AMT and etizolam.
Trainee doctor Doug Ferguson, 19, from Chandler's Ford, died after taking AMT in June 2012 and married father William Nutter, 32, from Andover, died after consuming AMT the following month.
Last month a 15-year-old Hampshire schoolboy had to be resuscitated by medics and admitted to intensive care in critical condition after he and two friends took legal highs.
The other two also needed hospital treatment and the boys - who attend the Burgate School in Fordingbridge - are all thought to have taken a legal high called 25i.
For more information or how to seek help support, visit Inclusion Recovery Hampshire, Parent Support Link on 023 8039 9764, or Talk to Frank.
The Southampton Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service (DASH) for under 24s is available on 023 80 224 224, or the ARM Service for over 25s on 023 80 717 171.
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