Legal drugs mimic popular substances. But when one is banned, another quickly takes its place.
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People in Nigeria are creating new drugs either because they can’t afford more traditional narcotics, because they’re not controlled or because they’re strong.
The synthetic drug Monkey Dust is causing mounting concern in Stoke-on-Trent – but how widespread is its use?
Many people aren’t just taking one drug but a combination of drugs.
Fighting prejudice against people who use drugs should lead to a larger interrogation of society and inequality – not only a change of vocabulary.
The new psychoactive drug Spice is taking its toll on frontline policing.
The market for sythnetic cannabinoids, or spice, shows no sign of decreasing.
New psychoactive substances, same problematic users.
Successive governments haven’t always followed expert advice, but they have in the new bill to end ‘legal highs’.
The number of deaths caused by a group of mind altering drugs, including mephedrone, has increased over the past three years. And while toxicology reports also link the use of these substances to deaths…
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