Prisoners detained longer for taking legal highs
Prison inmates who take legal high drugs will be punished with longer prison terms and denied certain privileges as the government attempts to crack down on the substances. Government ministers have become concerned about the use of legal high drugs in the country’s prisons, which have led to increased levels of violence and disruptive behaviour.
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Prisons to face ban on legal high drugs
Prisons in England and Wales are facing a ban on legal high drugs, as well as prescription drugs, in a crackdown by the government. The justice secretary, Chris Grayling, made a speech at the thinktank Centre for Social Justice on Monday that established a link between the significant rise of violence within prisons and the
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Legal highs seized in Yorkshire as they become class A drugs
Police in West Yorkshire have been able to seize more than 150 packets of legal high drugs from shops in the county as a result of the substances now being classified as class A drugs. On 7th January 2015 an amendment was made to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 stipulating that LSD-related compounds and
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Police raid legal high shops in Derry
The Police Service of Northern Ireland has raided several shops in Derry City and seized a number of legal high drugs. The police operation was carried out with cooperation from Derry City Council officials on the afternoon of 12th January. The operation targeted a number of shops in the city, looking for the psychoactive substances
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