domestic secretary is told legislation banning all psychoactive substances needs a rewrite to avoid unintentionally criminalising peopleThe domestic secretary’s own expert drug advisers enjoy said her bill introducing a blanket ban on “legal highs” risks “serious unintended consequences” and is unenforceable unless it is completely rewritten.
The advisory council on the misuse of drugs (ACMD) has written to Theresa May telling her that her legislation risks handing out seven-year prison sentences to the sellers of benign or even helpful herbal medicines,criminalising otherwise law-abiding young people and making the “directors” of pubs, clubs and even prisons liable for prosecution.
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Source: theguardian.com