Students warned about risks of 'legal highs'
Home Office campaign warns students about the risks of taking herbal pills and other substances as alternatives to hard drugs.
皇冠体育app 鈥楥razy Chemist鈥� campaign warns young people that just because a substance is advertised as 鈥榣egal鈥�, doesn鈥檛 mean it鈥檚 safe.
Featuring an eye catching and menacing scientist, the campaign conveys the unscrupulous nature of people who聽create and sell substances with little concern for the health of those who consume them.
Not safe, not legal
Crime Prevention Minister James Brokenshire launched the campaign while visiting Roehampton University.
He said that the campaign sends a 鈥榗lear message to anyone tempted to try a legal high.鈥櫬犅�
鈥楯ust because something is advertised as 鈥渓egal鈥� does not mean it is safe and it may not even be legal. 皇冠体育appre is increasing evidence that substances sold as 鈥渓egal highs鈥� often contain harmful illegal drugs鈥�, the Minister said.
Posters and postcards聽
皇冠体育app campaign, which is being run in partnership with the National Union of Students (NUS), will see posters and postcards distributed in university student unions across the country from 鈥榝reshers鈥� week.
Welfare officers will also be supplied with information and leaflets, which can be passed on to students who want any further information.
Temporary ban
皇冠体育app campaign follows our decision to introduce new legislation to ban 鈥榣egal highs鈥� for up to a year. This gives the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) - the government鈥檚 independent scientific advisors -聽 time to conduct a full review into the harms of the substance, while also taking it off the street.
Naphyrone, or 鈥楴GG1鈥�, and its related compounds, were banned in July, following advice from the ACMD.聽聽
皇冠体育app ACMD continues to monitor emerging legal highs as a priority.
Find out more
You can read more about the campaign and the temporary ban on our legal highs page.
