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18/06/2010
Law Brings Psycho Worries 'To A Head'
The Justice Minister Dermot Ahern has said he hopes new legislation published will lead to the closure of all head shops around the country.
The Bill will make it a criminal offence to sell or supply psychoactive substances for human consumption - which are not already outlawed under the Misuse of Drugs Acts.
The legislation - which it is hoped will be enacted before the Dáil breaks for the summer recess - will also give Gardaí additional powers to prevent the sell of legal highs.
The legislation also allows gardaí to serve a prohibition order on a shop directing it to cease if it is believed to be unlawfully selling substances.
Should the shop continue to sell the product the garda can then seek a closure order from the District Court.
Last month Minister for Health Mary Harney made some 200 so-called 'legal highs' controlled drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977. These included mephedrone, synthetic cannabinoids and BZP derivatives.
Substances have been produced subsequently, however, and the new legislation aims to clamp down on the latest products as they come on to the market.
Under the legislation the sale or supply of substances not specifically proscribed under the Misuse of Drugs Acts, but which have psychoactive effects, for human consumption will be a criminal offence.
(BMcC/GK)
The Bill will make it a criminal offence to sell or supply psychoactive substances for human consumption - which are not already outlawed under the Misuse of Drugs Acts.
The legislation - which it is hoped will be enacted before the Dáil breaks for the summer recess - will also give Gardaí additional powers to prevent the sell of legal highs.
The legislation also allows gardaí to serve a prohibition order on a shop directing it to cease if it is believed to be unlawfully selling substances.
Should the shop continue to sell the product the garda can then seek a closure order from the District Court.
Last month Minister for Health Mary Harney made some 200 so-called 'legal highs' controlled drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977. These included mephedrone, synthetic cannabinoids and BZP derivatives.
Substances have been produced subsequently, however, and the new legislation aims to clamp down on the latest products as they come on to the market.
Under the legislation the sale or supply of substances not specifically proscribed under the Misuse of Drugs Acts, but which have psychoactive effects, for human consumption will be a criminal offence.
(BMcC/GK)
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