Anti-head shop campaign must be run in a measured way

THEY are perfectly legitimate businesses flourishing in the midst of the recession.

However, head shops, which among other things, sell legal synthetic drugs have been in the news for all the wrong reasons lately.

One of the main issues around these shops are cumulative reports that young people are being sold the products and are suffering adverse reactions. But in recent weeks the problem has begun to take on a new and potentially more dangerous hue than just the legal highs they sell.