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Tue 05 May 2010Many head shop products banned
The sale of a large number of substances found in head shops has been banned today by a Government order that has recategorised the products as illegal drugs.
In a twin-track approach, the Government has moved to ban a list of specified drugs, under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977, and has agreed to draft legislation that will regulate the sale of drugs by head shops that may have psychoactive effects but are not covered by the Act.
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