Head shops may be prosecuted on injury grounds

GARDAÍ may prosecute head shop owners if it can be proved that their products, sold as legal highs, cause injury.

Chief Superintendent Michael Finn told the Cork City Joint Policing Committee yesterday that gardaí have sought legal advice on the issue.

He said certain pieces of legislation around reckless endangerment have been explored to establish if a prosecution could be brought in cases where it can be proven that injury of some degree has been caused to an individual as a result of the consumption of a head shop product.