26/03/2014

Last month we reported that Belfast City Council had been granted powers to confiscate and destroy substances they believe to be so-called 'legal highs'.

We have been contacted by a mother whose son is using legal highs while hanging around Belfast City centre. Kate, which is not her real name, says her 17-year-old son has been using the psychoactive drugs for a year now, despite getting him help, he can't stop using them. She's worried that he is going to end up dead.

Health Minister Edwin Poots says more pressure needs to be applied on Westminster to ban legal highs

Alex Bunting from FASA says more needs to be done to prevent young people from taking drugs

Cllr Deirdre Hargey says says so-called 'legal highs' need to be cut off at the source

Are you more likely to donate to charity if you are called or visited by them at your home?

Ellie Martin from Chest Heart and Stroke Association and commentator Heidi McAlpin discuss

382 Farmers in Northern Ireland are still waiting on their Single Farm payment. The payments started on the 1st of December - and with hundreds of thousands still waiting to be paid, large areas of the country are being effected, with the delay having a knock-on impact on suppliers and businesses in the surrounding areas.