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Brighton mum’s victory over Amazon legal high sale – 17 May

Angelus — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:10:17 +0000

Legal highs have been pulled from the shelves of an online retailer after a Brighton mother, who lost her daughter to the dangerous drugs, complained.

Amazon halts sale of deadly legal highs after pressure from drugs campaigners – 17 May

Angelus — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:04:25 +0000

Amazon has pulled from sale two dangerous legal highs after pressure from drugs campaigners.

On Saturday, the Mail revealed that salvia – described as more potent than LSD – and amyl nitrate were on sale on amazon.co.uk.

Amazon was warned last month by campaigner Maryon Stewart that other firms were using its site to sell the drugs, but failed to take action.

Amazon drugs row: Fury as deadly ‘legal highs’ which can trigger psychotic episodes on sale online – 17 May

Angelus — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:57:24 +0000

Deadly ‘legal highs’ are being sold on Amazon.

Despite warnings from campaigners, the online shop is selling salvia and describing it as ‘more powerful than LSD’.

Nitrous oxide and poppers, which can be similarly lethal, are on sale as well. Maryon Stewart, whose daughter Hester died after taking the drug GBL, wrote to Amazon last month, asking it to withdraw the products along with drug pipes, bongs and scales.

Lethal ‘legal highs’ being sold on Amazon – 17 May

Angelus — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:48:00 +0000

Lethal ‘legal highs’ including a substance said to be ‘more powerful than LSD’ are being sold on Amazon.

Drugs adviser issues tough warning on ‘legal highs’ – 17 May

Angelus — Fri, 17 May 2013 06:45:18 +0000

The Government’s senior drugs adviser has issued a stark warning about the dangers of “legal highs” and admitted there are now 200 potentially dangerous synthetic drugs which have yet to be banned. Read more.

Synthetic Cannabis in Australia – Video – 13 May

Angelus — Mon, 13 May 2013 08:48:42 +0000

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Global Drug Survey Video on GHB/GBL- 1 May

Angelus — Wed, 01 May 2013 17:24:08 +0000

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Belgium Bans Legal Highs – 27 April

Angelus — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:21:09 +0000

The Belgian government is to table legislation that will make legal highs illegal. Legal highs are drugs manufactured from ingredients that are freely available on the Belgian market.

The Hidden Dangers of Legal Highs – 26 April – Guardian

Angelus — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 08:14:05 +0000

In the last five years, the market for legal highs has exploded. It’s never been easier, or cheaper, to buy drugs online – but no one knows what’s in them, or how dangerous they are.

History of Mephedrone – Queen of Legal Highs – 11 April

Angelus — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:55:22 +0000

Mephedrone has proved to be the most successful of the recent wave of novel psychoactive drugs to have appeared on the European recreational market. The only ‘legal high’ to have managed to enter users’ repertoires even after being banned in most countries, it also raised the question of how ‘phantom’ narcotics are to be dealt with. More