Head shop ‘legal highs’ to be outlawed

THE Government is drawing up laws to ban “legal high” products on sale in head shops throughout the country.

The laws, to come into effect in June under the Misuse of Drugs Acts, will also make the possession of proscribed head shop products an offence, but not all head shop “legal high” goods are being blacklisted.

A spokesperson for Health Minister Mary Harney said the Government was acting as quickly as possible but had to allow three months’ notice, under the European Technical Standards Directive, for EU approval before the new legislation comes into effect.