Essex Chronicle published Essex County Council in warning that legal highs are now banned...

ESSEX County Council has warned festival-goers to stay away from legal highs "no matter how safe they may think they are" as they could prove fatal.The authority issued the health warning ahead of the weekend's festivities, which last year saw more than 100 laughing gas canisters confiscated and 839 people treated by medics on-site.Cllr Anne Brown, cabinet member for communities and healthy living, said: "Essex's public health team continue to work with Trading Standards and...