Children as young as three have been hospitalised in Lincolnshire after taking Spice - a synthetic version of cannabis which is gripping the UK.
Spice is known as the zombie drug because users often appear unconscious or incoherent and since first appearing in 2013 it has spread to prisons and schools.
Figures have revealed that since 2015 there has been 363 people hospitalised in Lincolnshire, with 51 involving young people aged 18 and below
Children as young as three have been hospitalised in Lincolnshire after taking Spice - a synthetic version of cannabis which is continuing to sweep across the UK. People pictured in Manchester in a zombie-like state after taking Spice
Spice on the rise in Wales, with Public Health Wales revealing the synthetic drug has led to more hospital admissions and more deaths. A pack of spice is pictured
The figures were released from a freedom of information request to United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust, and reveal admissions include a three-year-old girl to Boston Pilgrim Hospital in 2015, and a 3-year-old boy in 2017.
Experts say the spice epidemic spread from the North West but the drug has now made its way through central England and into Wales.
NHS figures show there were 125,290 cannabis and spice-related hospital admissions in England from April 2013 to March 2018.
Of these, 14,888 related those who are under-20s with nine admissions children aged under ten.
In 2018, there were 7,258 hospital admissions for drug related mental and behavioural disorders - a fall of 16% over 2 years, from 8,621 in 2015/16.
To combat widespread use of the drug earlier this year, the City of Lincoln Council formed an intervention team comprising of the police, local businesses, and the Addaction charity.
NHS figures show there were 125,290 cannabis and spice-related hospital admissions in England from
