Legal highs taken by one in five university students
A new survey has discovered that one in five students starting university in the last month has tried a legal high drug. The survey was conducted amongst new students attending a southern England university. 19% of the respondents said they had tried one of the many legal high drugs available, while 36% admitted that they
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Legal high training offered by Maidstone charity
A Maidstone drug and alcohol charity (CRI) is providing training to addiction and health professionals on the misuse of legal highs to deal with the growing abuse problem. CRI in Maidstone offers support to people who abuse legal substances; however, health workers at the charity are coming across increasing numbers of people who have been
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Councils call for law change regarding legal highs
Councils have called upon the government to change the law regarding the sale of legal highs in UK shops. The Local Government Association (LGA) wants the UK government to introduce legislation similar to that in Ireland, where all brain-altering drugs are deemed illegal; however, some exemptions ‒ such as alcohol ‒ are made. In contrast,
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Development of new sensor to tackle legal highs
A new type of sensor that can detect and analyse legal high drugs on sale at various shops throughout the UK has been developed. The portable sensor, which has been developed by a team of scientists working at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), has been created because current drug tests are unable to recognise the drugs
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