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Disturbing footage has emerged of two men believed to be prisoners losing control of their bodies after inhaling the drug Spice.
The film, understood to have been shot on a phone smuggled into jail, shows the pair struggling to stand up after inhaling from a bottle full of smoke from the synthetic drug.
One then attacks other inmates, who try to put him in a bin as he thrashes around on the ground of what appears to be a prison laundry room.
It is unclear where exactly the footage was filmed, although prisons around the country have acknowledged the huge problem of the 'zombifying' drug being smuggled into cells.
The clip - uploaded online three weeks ago - shows the two men lighting up the drug and filling two plastic bottles with smoke.
They then inhale the drug quickly and stand, waiting for it to take effect, leaning against two washing machines.
Other inmates laugh as the pair become increasingly unsteady on their feet and crash to the ground.
One lashes out at the man who is filming the drug-taking, prompting a scuffle as another prisoner stands over him kicking him.
Spice, synthetic cannabis, is putting severe pressure on the prison system, with hundreds of inmates taking the drug, leading to assaults and ambulance call-outs.
Thirteen prison officers were recently hospitalised after accidentally inhaling fumes at Category B Garth Prison in Leyland, Lancashire.
There were 58 Spice-linked jail deaths in the 30-month period to January last year, according to figures from the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman.
All forms of the compound were banned in 2016 with the passing of the Psychoactive Substances Act.