European countries are closely watching New Zealand's approach to regulating legal highs as a wave of new psychoactive drugs sweeps the continent.
In a newly-released report on drug use in Europe, the European Union's Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Use says notifications of new substances in the region grew almost 500 per cent from 2005 to 2012.
And it said internet sales of new drugs "means that the expanding global network cuts across national boundaries and jurisdictions".
The report includes a section highlighting New Zealand's approach, where legislation currently before Parliament and set to become law by next month, will force manufacturers of legal highs to prove that their products are safe before they can be sold. They will be responsible for paying for the clinical testing procedures.
The report says New Zealand's approach aimed to balance the demand for access to the new drugs with the risk of likely harm to individuals and society.
The report says that in Europe, the rapid emergence of new drugs had prompted a variety of innovative legal responses, and the situation continued to evolve.
It noted that since 2009, at least seven European countries had introduced a control measure of some kind, only to have to bring in a new system later.
Criminal sanctions across the continent were not uniform, meaning the size of penalties and the degree of psychoactivity or potential harm that would trigger them varied widely.
"What is clear is that the legal systems, accustomed to 'drug' suppliers attempting to evade the law, are now faced with suppliers of new psychoactive substances making great efforts to stay within it, and legitimately making substantial profits during the months required to control a new substance under criminal law."
- ? Fairfax NZ News
Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/8744325/Europeans-monitor-NZ-controls-on-legal-highs
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