Exempt smart drugs and nutmeg from drugs law, MPs suggest
Not a smart move? Nutmeg, church incense and some so-called smart drugs have been proposed as exceptions to a new drug law that will be debated by UK Members of Parliament on 20 January.
The Psychoactive Substances Bill is intended to ban legal highs – chemicals designed to mimic the effects of illegal drugs such as ecstasy and cannabis. They are usually sold online or in high-street stores called head shops.
If enacted, the bill would prohibit the production and sale of substances that affect normal brain function. It is aimed at stopping the “cat and mouse game” of new compounds being invented as fast as they can be made illegal, says government minister Mike Penning.
He says that enacting it would fundamentally change the way we tackle new psychoactive substances. But it has come under fire from some MPs, including Paul Flynn, who describes...
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