Drug laws cannot cope with legal highs, claims Drug Policy Commission

Joe Lepper
Monday, May 16, 2011

The UK's drug laws are out of date and are failing to tackle the spread of "legal highs", according to a report commissioned by the UK Drug Policy Commission.

Legal highs: report claims traditional approaches to drug control based on criminal enforcement can exacerbate harm caused
Legal highs: report claims traditional approaches to drug control based on criminal enforcement can exacerbate harm caused

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