by Roger Donnelly
Around 500 Newry school pupils will today hear how taking drug-alcohol cocktails could damage their health, or worse.
Council's Policing and Community Safety Partnership is staging a multi-media event at Newry Sports Hall.
One of the drugs currently being abused by some is the epilepsy prescription drug 'Lyrica'.
Slieve Gullion Councillor Mickey Larkin is on Newry, Mourne and Down PCSP:
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