... to explore how learning from VSA might be applied to NPS and the “legal highs” of today. Victoria Leigh can be contacted at: v.leigh@re-solv.org © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Among children and young people, prevalence data for “volatile substances such as gas, glue, aerosols...

... DrugScope, UK © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 --> Drugs Ecstasy Legal highs Mephedrone Moral panic Night time economy Stimulants Article Type: 2012 Awards for Excellence From: Drugs and Alcohol Today, Volume 13, Issue 1 The following article was selected...

...Bernd Werse; Cornelia Morgenstern Purpose This article aims to discuss the results on prevalence, patterns of use and motivations for the use of legal high products/new psychoactive substances (NPS) and possible consequences for drug policy. Design/methodology/approach The main results...

... ecstasy pills, cocaine and amphetamines. Regarding the next generation of “legal highs”, no clear substitute for mephedrone had emerged; instead, there was uncertainty, confusion and a degree of disinterest. In this vacuum, “Bubble” has emerged and evolved as a generic term in the north west of England...

...Mark Govier Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the ongoing failure of contemporary government, and indeed its agencies, to provide basic, let alone adequate, factual information about most chemical legal highs, despite permitting their unregulated sale, and having the resources to do...

..., and considers some of the implications for wider debate on regulation and control. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Drug classification Drug harms Drug law reform Legal highs Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Policy forum Reason, politics and drug policy: has the progressive drug...

... drugs not currently controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (HM Government, 1971), with similar effects to ecstasy, cocaine and amphetamines. The reasons for the appearance and appeal of this group of so‐called ‘legal highs’ are explored here in relation to availability, purity, legality...