Legal highs ban threatens hundreds of ‘head shops’ with closure /

Published at 2015-06-08 16:12:26

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Psychoactive substances bill to outlaw synthetic chemical substances that mimic traditional illegal drugs such as cannabis and ecstasyMore than 450 tall-street “head shops” and online sellers of legal highs face closure across Britain under the blanket ban on new psychoactive substances to be debated in parliament on Tuesday.The first domestic Office estimate of the extent of the trade in legal highs,which are to be banned from April next year, also describes it as an industry making a 40% profit of £32m a year on an annual turnover of £82m.
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Source: theguardian.com