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Warning on approach to legal highs

The UK's hard-line approach to so-called legal highs and other psychoactive substances is making it "more dangerous for young people who want to experiment", a report is to say.

The Government should consider the benefits of some drugs, including the possibility that the use of less harmful substances can prevent people using more dangerous drugs, the joint report by the think-tank Demos and the UK Drug Policy Commission (UKDPC) said.

It comes after the EU drugs agency found that half of all new drugs found in Europe last year were first reported in the UK or Ireland.

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Source: Press Association Ltd, 15/05/2011

Posted by Andy on 05/15 at 04:07 PM in
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