Inspector Kenny Hart told a Carnoustie Community Council meeting on Monday night that there were many reported health risks associated with bubbles, which is also known as mephedrone.
It is thought the drug, which can come in capsule form, is a pl
ant food chemical that can be purchased from the Internet as the main ingredient is not an illegal substance or controlled by the misuse of drugs act.
Inspector Hart reminded the council that drug abuse does happen in Carnoustie and urged parents to be on the lookout for traces of the bubbles, which is increasingly popular with teenagers as it is cheap to buy.
He warned the drug had been linked to several overdoses in the Dundee area and that users can suffer from increased heart rate, agitation, irritability, dizziness, nausea and vomiting.
Inspector Hart's warning comes a week after Fife Police said that a 49-year-old Dunfermline woman died last Saturday as a result of taking mephedrone.
Police in Arbroath have also warned people about the potential dangers associated with bubbles along with Arbroath Sheriff Norrie Stein.
Sheriff Stein expressed his concerns about bubbles after a 21 year-old man who appeared at Arbroath Sheriff Court blamed the new drug craze for making him assault a police officer and threaten to kill himself.
He said he had become addicted to the substance and it had left him paranoid and suicidal.
The drug is being described as a 'legal high' but Carnoustie Police say they will be taking action against people who are in possession of it.
Inspector Hart stressed that despite the drug being legal, anyone found to be possession of bubbles will be arrested and can face a range of other charges.
