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Shops face legal highs crackdown in Scotland

Shops face legal highs crackdown in Scotland

Shops selling legal highs in Scotland are facing a crackdown, with trading standards officers being given new guidance to deal with the issue.

16 Sep 2015
Scotland

Video shows teen’s brain damage from taking ecstasy

Video shows teen’s brain damage from taking ecstasy

The family of a teenager who was hospitalised after taking ecstasy has released a video showing the serious brain damage it caused.

14 Sep 2015

Drug deaths reach record levels

Drug deaths reach record levels

10 Sep 2015

MPs and Peers claim drug-taking is a ‘human right’

MPs and Peers claim drug-taking is a ‘human right’

19 Aug 2015

Three more police forces will give green light to cannabis

Three more police forces will give green light to cannabis

29 Jul 2015

Police chief slammed for turning ‘blind eye’ to cannabis

Police chief slammed for turning ‘blind eye’ to cannabis

24 Jul 2015

Push for weaker drugs laws slammed in the Lords

Push for weaker drugs laws slammed in the Lords

24 Jun 2015

Lib Dem Peers in ‘bewildering’ push for weaker drugs laws

Lib Dem Peers in ‘bewildering’ push for weaker drugs laws

23 Jun 2015

Irish ban ‘closed all legal high shops’

17 Jun 2015
World

All legal highs set to be banned under new Bill

29 May 2015

Hundreds of children caught with drugs in school

27 Apr 2015

Calls for blanket ban on legal highs after five outlawed

16 Apr 2015

Scots methadone scheme ‘out of control’, says drugs expert

25 Mar 2015
Scotland

Scots minister urges blanket ban on all legal highs

6 Mar 2015
Scotland