EU warning over ‘relentless supply’ of synthetic drugs

Europe is being bombarded with a “relentless supply” of new synthetic drugs, posing unknown risks to users, the European drugs agency has warned.

The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (Emcdda) said 300 new drugs were being examined by its experts.

And the number of new drugs continues to increase at a massive rate: 24 in 2009; 41 in 2010; 49 in 2011; jumping to 73 in 2012.