More than one in 10 vapes seized at schools contain a popular drug known as spice that is putting children in the hospital.

Vaping, also called juuling, has been growing in popularity among school children for years.

But 13% of the nearly 2,000 vape liquids from 114 secondary schools in England contained spice, according to a preprint of a new study, seen by Metro.

The figure was around one in four in Lancashire and London.

Many of today’s most popular vaping devices look like toys, with their sweet-coloured shades and fruity flavours hooking a new generation of smokers, officials and experts have long warned.

But how some vapes containing spice are falling into the hands of children is alarming, the researchers said.

Spice, the street name for a family of synthetic substances that m

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