Drug deaths escalating due to legal highs
The number of people dying from drug taking has increased eightfold during a three-year period, with the main reason for such a surge being the availability of legal highs. New figures released by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) show that in 2009 just 12 people died after taking legal high drugs; by 2012, this
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Two legal highs banned as class A substances
Two drugs previously known as legal highs have been banned because they have been categorised as class A drugs. The drugs, which have so far been linked to at least 37 deaths in the UK, are called Serotoni and MT-45. The latter has not been found in the UK; however, both have been banned under
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Guernsey makes legal high drugs illegal
A tightening of drug law on the island of Guernsey has resulted in a blanket ban on legal highs. The new drug law, which came into effect on 1st December 2014, means that it is now illegal for any person to import a substance that has been designed for recreational drug use. Substances classed as
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Legal highs cause four teenagers to be hospitalised
Police have reported that four teenagers from Doncaster have been admitted to hospital after taking legal highs. The teenagers were all male and became ill over the weekend, leading to their hospitalisation on Saturday. Officers from the South Yorkshire Police were informed about their admissions due to the suspected cause of their conditions. All four
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