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Disturbing video shows how new strain of Spice turns Manchester’s homeless into ‘the walking dead’

There has been a surge in emergency ambulance call outs to people in the city centre who have ‘frozen’ and then collapsed

18:38, 5 MAR 2017Updated23:26, 5 MAR 2017(Photo: Vincent Cole)

Julie Boyle, support worker cheap jerseys at the Northern Quarter based charity Lifeshare which helps homeless young people, described how over the last week she has seen a surge in the number of people with the terrifying new symptoms.

Last Thursday she found a woman collapsed at Piccadilly Gardens tram stop, having taken a drag of what she thought was cannabis but turned out to be Spice.

When an ambulance arrived the paramedic told her they had been called to 26 similar incidents that day alone.

The terrifying truth about the Spice epidemic ripping through Manchester’s streets

“In the city centre there are people who just look like they are frozen, like the walking dead, sat in a catatonic state not moving,” said Julie.

“You wouldn’t even know they were alive it’s like when you press pause on the telly. They don’t http://www.cheapjerseys11.com/ know where they are.

“I first noticed it probably the beginning of last week but then it’s intensified more as the week’s gone on.”

Lifeshare has been at the forefront of the battle with Spice on Manchester’s streets, as reported in a recent MEN special investigation.

The charity estimates 95 per cent of young homeless people are on Spice, which is a general term for a synthetic drug originally classed as a legal high but outlawed last April. It is now being dealt on the streets instead of being bought in shops.

The drug has already been causing chaos, with Lifeshare warning of youngsters being trafficked, gang raped, contracting HIV and even dying as a result. But Julie says the latest strain which she is hoping to get tested for its contents is even worse.

“Whatever’s going round the city centre at the moment is causing this,” she said. “Every corner where there are beggars or homeless people hanging about, out of every six or so at least two will be catatonic.

“People are falling without even putting out their hands, which would be your natural instinct,” she said. “They’re just falling face down, injuring their face or the back of their head. It’s horrible. It was bad enough before but this is another level.”

Lewis Morris, 37, who has been living on the streets since December 2016, knows all about this new strain of Spice. He said: “It’s lethal.

“I was walking down Market Street the other day and 17 people went down on it. They hit the deck shaking out of control and I had to phone an ambulance.

“It’s madness. It’s so cheap. Whoever is selling it they are making a lot of money on it. It’s unreal.

The horrific face of Spice in Manchester: A young man fights for his life in hospital under police guard.

“The new stuff is mixed with the tranquilliser they use when transporting koi carp to calm them down.

“Somebody could offer me of it now but I would just burn it. That’s how against it I am.

“It’s really cheap. People are getting it for a gram and it will last you all day. It’s taken over heroin and crack.”.