In England and Wales between 2010 and 2014, opiates featured in 53% of all drug related deaths. Following the legislative change at the end of last year, Naloxone is now more readily available. Scotland enforced similar legislation in 2011 reducing their opiate related deaths over 2 years by 62%. An overview of the new legislation:…
Novel Psychoactive Substances have been around for over 10 years 174,000 young people have used Novel Psychoactive Substances in the last year The Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 received Royal Assent on the 28th January but it’s still not law – enforcement has been delayed indefinitely Over 400 different substances have been identified to date Substance testing can’t keep up with new substance creation…