U.K. ENLISTS BANS TO STOP NARCOTICS
20 Aug 2010
Author: Jeanne Whalen
The U.K. is giving its law-enforcement authorities extra powers to fight a wave of new narcotics known as "legal highs." The drugs are often legal when they hit the market because authorities haven't yet seen and banned them. With names such as Meow Meow and NRG-1, the drugs have been popular in Europe. New synthetic cannabinoids that are similar to marijuana also have appeared widely in the U.S.
It can take authorities months to catch wind of a new drug and ban it. The U.K. says it is trying to shrink that interval by allowing law-enforcement agencies to issue immediate bans of up to 12 months on new substances, until full reviews can be carried out.
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