Legal highs: what should we do about synthetic cannabis?
Synthetic cannabis is a lab-made product that mimics the effects of cannabis to give users a high when smoked. It has been sold in Australia since 2011 under various brand names, with a range of chemical compositions. The product presents a unique challenge for drug policymakers. Despite 18 months o...
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| description | Synthetic cannabis is a lab-made product that mimics the effects of cannabis to give users a high when smoked. It has been sold in Australia since 2011 under various brand names, with a range of chemical compositions. The product presents a unique challenge for drug policymakers. Despite 18 months of legislative action intended to ban synthetic cannabis, people in some states claim they can still walk into a sex store or tobacconist and purchase it. Clearly the legislative changes have not been totally effective. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-166342020-02-10T03:11:05Z Legal highs: what should we do about synthetic cannabis? Barratt, Monica Bright, Stephen Synthetic cannabis is a lab-made product that mimics the effects of cannabis to give users a high when smoked. It has been sold in Australia since 2011 under various brand names, with a range of chemical compositions. The product presents a unique challenge for drug policymakers. Despite 18 months of legislative action intended to ban synthetic cannabis, people in some states claim they can still walk into a sex store or tobacconist and purchase it. Clearly the legislative changes have not been totally effective. 2012 Non traditional textual works http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16634 http://theconversation.com/legal-highs-what-should-we-do-about-synthetic-cannabis-10386 The Conversation unknown |
| spellingShingle | Barratt, Monica Bright, Stephen Legal highs: what should we do about synthetic cannabis? |
| title | Legal highs: what should we do about synthetic cannabis? |
| title_full | Legal highs: what should we do about synthetic cannabis? |
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| title_short | Legal highs: what should we do about synthetic cannabis? |
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| url | http://theconversation.com/legal-highs-what-should-we-do-about-synthetic-cannabis-10386 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16634 |