Daily Mail: UK Bans All Synthetic Drugs
Posted on May 28, 2015
Hundreds of so-called ‘head shops’ which peddle legal highs on Britain’s high streets will be forced to close as a result of new laws. The ban on all new synthetic drugs to be announced in the Queen’s Speech will stop the estimated 250 shops circumventing the law and selling noxious substances with impunity. The Mail understands that the new law will create a blanket ban on all legal highs so that new noxious substances are automatically outlawed before they hit the streets. Under the existing laborious system, a committee of experts is required to conclude that new drugs are harmful before they can be banned.