Angus minister told of “phenomenal” risk from legal highs
A minister has been made aware of the “phenomenal” risk that users of legal high drugs are facing in Angus, Scotland. Local police officers informed the minister for community safety and legal affairs, Paul Wheelhouse, that an increasing number of legal high users are now injecting the drugs, which are also known as new psychoactive
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Shropshire highlights legal high dangers
Legal high drugs may be facing a blanket ban as part of a government crackdown after Shropshire Council showed how dangerous the substances can be. The move has been welcomed by Shropshire parents and residents, who want the current laws on selling dangerous substances tightened up for shops in their areas. The home secretary, Theresa
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Police to use stop and search in legal high crackdown
Police officers will use their powers of stop and search as part of an attempt to crackdown on legal highs. Legal high drugs, which are also known as new psychoactive substances (NPS), are regularly being seized by police in the Edinburgh area and sent off for analysis. In Edinburgh, Chief Superintendent Mark Williams, claims that
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Legal highs still on the shelves in Dundee shop
A shop in Dundee has vowed to continue selling legal high drugs despite recent charges being successfully upheld against other shop owners. It has been confirmed that a man in Arbroath, who was suspected of supplying and trafficking the new psychoactive substances (NPS), has been charged by police as part of Operation Carinate; however, the
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