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22 Jul 2010

Naphyrone to be made Class B

The Home Office have today announced that Naphyrone will be made a Class B drug, in line with the advice they received from the ACMD.

The Minister, James Brokenshire said:

"The government is deeply concerned about the use of 'legal highs' which is why we took swift action to ban this new drug.

"There is also clear evidence that just because a substance advertised as a ‘legal’ high does not mean this is the case. Anyone buying a ‘legal high’ is putting their health at risk and could be committing a criminal offence."

What they haven't said is whether they accept the other recommendations that the ACMD made, which readers will remember included a call for a public health and education campaign.

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