‘That first time I vaped spice I thought it was THC, the liquid version of cannabis,’ she explains. Before she took that first puff on a spice vape in the autumn, she was predicted nine good passes and had her sights set on A-levels and potentially university. As Emma found, these spice vapes are incredibly easy to buy online – especially through social media sites. ‘The number of reports we’ve had of spice vapes in schools has more than doubled in the past year,’ she says. ‘Many believe they’re inhaling THC, harmless cannabis, when in fact they’re drawing in the same poison that nearly destroyed me.