Outcry forces NZ designer drug U-turn
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NEW Zealand yesterday reversed course on allowing some designer drugs to be legally sold after a public outcry about the toll they were taking.
A law change effective today will ban the sale and possession of all synthetic drugs. That ends the sale of 36 substances, many of which had been designed to mimic marijuana. Five others were banned earlier this year.
The changes come after claims the drugs were addictive and caused community disorder and violence. Tens of thousands signed various petitions opposing the drugs or plans to test them on animals.
The country last year gained international attention after enacting a novel law that allowed those synthetic drugs thought to be low-risk to be sold while waiting for pharmaceutical-style testing. The law still allows manufacturers to sell the drugs if they can prove them low-risk after rigorous testing.
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