A campaign aimed at students during freshers' week next month will inform young people of the latest changes in drug law and highlight the risks of taking legal highs, especially if mixed with alcohol.
Legal highs include the artificial chemical spice, which is sprayed on to herbal smoking products, the solvent GBL and an amphetamine substitute. The government will ban these substances by the end of the year subject to Parliamentary approval.
Chief executive of drug information charity DrugScope Martin Barnes said: "We have concerns about lumping all these substances together as ‘legal highs'. The potential harms might be hard for young people to identify. It is important that public information and education campaigns are comprehensive and ongoing."
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