Q&A: Banning mephedrone
When did the problem of so called “legal high” drugs first come on the agenda for politicians?
In March 2009 Jacqui Smith, then the Home Secretary, wrote to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs asking it to look at legal highs, in particular Spice, a legal herbal drug. In August last year the council advised in favour of a ban and it was banned in December