The Psychoactive Substances Act, set to be enforced on 6th April, states that any substance will be illegal to produce or supply if it can produce a psychoactive effect. The only exemption from the Act […]
Uni powerless over legal highs
A University figure has called for a zero-tolerance approach to legal highs after it was found there is no legislation to protect students from their use on campus. Residential staff are currently discussing a potential […]
N-bomb risks lives
Police have warned about the dangers of drugs following the life-threatening illness of a student who took ‘N-bomb’. The 20-year-old undergraduate at Leeds Beckett University was treated for a suspected heart attack after police found […]
Science | Comment – Mephedrone, not for human consumption
Mephedrone, more commonly known as MCAT or Meow Meow was the first of a new type of drugs, and it will not be the last. A synthetically produced research drug belonging to a group of […]
News | Head shop opens in Hyde Park
A shop selling legal highs and drugs paraphernalia has started trading in Hyde Park. Rudeboy Headshop opened on Hyde Park Corner in July and prides itself on its range of new psychoactive substances or ‘legal […]
Police act after LS exposes dangerous legal highs
14.12.12 West Yorkshire police have launched a campaign to target ‘legal highs’ after an investigation by Leeds Student exposed their sale by dozens of Leeds traders. They have announced that shops that sell ‘legal highs’, […]