Too high: men rescued from Scafell Pike 'unable to walk due to cannabis'

Four men were rescued from England’s highest mountain after “becoming incapable of walking due to cannabis use”, police have said. Cumbria police were called at about 6.30pm on Saturday after the group ran into difficulty on Scafell Pike, a 978-metre (3,210ft) peak in the Lake District. Writing on Facebook, a spokesperson for the force said: “Persons phoning Cumbria police because they are stuck on a mountain, after taking cannabis. Now having to deploy [mountain] rescue, air support and ambulance to rescue them. Words fail us ...”
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