#BBC investigate effect of the #Psychoactive Substances Act
Earlier this year, the government introduced legislation banning the production, distribution, sale and supply of legal highs. Designed to stop what has been described as a [...]
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No-longer-legal highs update
The Psychoactive Substances Act came into effect at the end of May More than 300 UK retailers are no longer selling so-called legal highs, three months after the ban was [...]
#vitalinfo – a new e-guide to keeping safe in pubs and clubs
The London Drug and Alcohol Policy Forum have produced a new online (and offline) guide for people who may put themselves at risk in pubs and clubs. [...]
Yesterday was International Day Against #Drug Abuse – time to reflect on how the new law on #Psychoactive Substances is doing?
Each year the world celebrates the International day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking. “On this International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit [...]
Could the ban on ‘legal highs’ actually be working?
Reports from Edinburgh, as featured in the Herald Scotland newspaper showed that a pre-emptive ban in the Scottish capital that came a year before the law was changed last [...]
#Warwickshire To Get Its Own Rehab
Warwickshire will soon have its own residential rehabilitation facility for drug and alcohol users following the granting of capital money by Public Health England. ESH [...]
