Two so-called “party” drugs and a man-made cannabis substitute will be banned by the end of the year, the Home Office has announced.
At the moment, these “legal highs” are sold openly across the UK and on the internet, but ministers say they are an “emerging threat”.
The two drugs, known as BZP and GBL, have been linked to a number of deaths.
Charity DrugScope said law alone was “a blunt instrument” and greater education was needed about the drugs’ effects.
To that end, the Home Office said it would begin an awareness campaign in university freshers’ weeks in September to highlight the dangers
