Taunton legal highs use 'not in decline'
The problem of legal highs sales "has not gone away" in Taunton despite a localised ban being brought in last year, a council report said.
Last year, police closed down one shop by using the new legal powers and a second shop opted to stop selling them.
Taunton Dean Borough Council's report said emergency hospital admissions had not fallen with a number "every week".
Police also said a network of suppliers had evolved with users buying them in Bridgwater to sell them on estates.
'Moved the problem'
Although the sale and use of legal highs is within the law nationally, police have used new powers which came into force in the town, last October.
It gives officers greater powers to close any premises, legal or not, if it is proved to cause social problems.
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