Renewed efforts needed to tackle sale of illegal ‘headshop drugs’ online
Renewed efforts are needed to tackle the sale of illegal ‘headshop drugs’ on the internet, according to new research from the National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD).
The NACD study New Psychoactive Substances and the Outlets Supplying Them, released today to coincide with the UN International Day against Drug Abuse, reveals what is contained in various psychoactive products and how they are being supplied. It also makes a series of recommendations to Government.
A research team from Dublin Institute of Technology undertook the study. Since the study began in early 2010 most of the substances which were openly sold in headshops have been made illegal (since May 2010) and many headshops have closed.
Source: The National Advisory Committee on Drugs,
