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Organised gangs in China shipping legal highs to UK

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 10/05/2015 - 16:24

Organised gangs in China are undermining UK government attempts to control the multi-million pound trade in so-called legal highs, a BBC investigation has revealed.

The BBC team found chemical labs in China routinely send legal highs to the UK using courier services.

One laboratory said it sends drugs in packages described as "birthday gifts".

Legal highs are chemicals designed to mimic the effects of illegal drugs such as cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy.

It's attractive to organised criminal gangs, there's more money to be made, they perceive less risk, so criminal networks will get involved in this

Michael Miller, Police Scotland drugs co-ordinator

Also known as new psychoactive substances (NPS), they do not contain any illegal compounds and therefore do not fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.

Some chemicals such as ethylphenidate and clephedrone, which were legal highs, are considered to be so dangerous they...

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