It sounds overblown, but he’s right. During three days spent in Ayr, everybody the Sunday Herald spoke to has either tried the drug or knows someone who has.
Ducking into a betting shop in Ayr’s Dalmilling Estate, a drug user sums up his town’s relationship with the ‘legal high’ mephedrone, known locally as moonshine: “Everyone’s taking it round here, mate – everyone.”
It sounds overblown, but he’s right. During three days spent in Ayr, everybody the Sunday Herald spoke to has either tried the drug or knows someone who has.