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Grieving parents sent legal highs that killed daughter

4:15pm Thursday 25th November 2010 in News

Robin and Margaret Moyle Robin and Margaret Moyle

Grieving parents of a young woman who died after taking a ‘legal high’ were appalled to be sent free samples in the post.

Sarah Forsyth, 35, died in August after taking Ivory Wave bath salts to lose weight.

Her parents Margaret and Robin Moyle, of Cant Way, Braintree, were recently sent two sachets of a stimulant called Recharge from an online company that Sarah bought Ivory Wave from.

Mrs Moyle, 60, said: “We just can’t believe they had the audacity to send it through the post."

Comments(2)

snoswad says...
12:24pm Fri 26 Nov 10

didn't quite understand that missif.a little explanation is required.the journalist has a bad take on the english language.

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FreddyF says...
1:24pm Fri 26 Nov 10

Yes the law needs to be changed because currently the only recreational drugs that are regulated are alcohol and tobacco. Everything else is either uncontrolled because it is not regulated at all, or controlled by gangsters and the black market because it is banned. It is both these extremes that result in harm and death.

It's always tempting to call for more bans and harsher punishments but all that does is move substances from one extreme to another. This doesn't solve anything. What would help is sensible, regulated access to tried-and-tested recreational drugs that are known to be tolerably safe. There are many drugs less harmful than alcohol that could be regulated in this way.

BTW. Ivory Wave, and the 2-DPMP it contains, is not one of them!

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