Legal high industry protecting itself - Drug Foundation

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 7:23a.m.

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The legal high industry has pledged to self-regulate, but the Drug Foundation says they’re 'pure and simply' motivated by money.

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10 Jul 2011 10:02p.m.

Julz wrote:

government regulation is the key we are at a stage where we can't control the legal high market by making these products illegal is pointless cos of the numerous strain combinations that can be produced and im talking thousands (by the time you ban 1 substance another very similar but not exact copy is made, the laws of this country wouldn't even keep up with the changes) it will take 1-3 years to ban any 1 legal high chemical compound combination, just remember these guys know chemistry there literally over a thousand combinations! I personally have never tried "cronic" nor will I ever but we are at the stage where the everyone has to wakeup and see that we can't beat these legal high companies so we will have to work with them to control and regulate these legal highs.

07 Jul 2011 05:03p.m.

Gary wrote:

This synthetic stuff is shit. It is aptly named 'kronic', as it is 'kronically' bad for your health and should be totally banned.

05 Jul 2011 05:01p.m.

Ian H wrote:

All pharmacutical drugs are synthetic copies of plant matter, plants that were used for thousands of years. It would appear to be ironic that now some of our most dangerous drugs are now extracted from pharmacutical drugs, P being the best example of this. Yet cannibis is still just plain old cannibis and is still illegal, this is just plain odd. I guess there is nothing in cannibis to attract the huge drug companies. If you look at the huge profits made by drug companies then you may realise who the biggest drug dealers are in this world

05 Jul 2011 03:06p.m.

End The Lies wrote:

They're motivated only by money, huh, Ross? So, er, how does that make that any different from tobacco and alcohol companies, then? Lemme think...hmmm, there IS no difference. In fact, if a desire to make money is the aim of EVERY business. Bell may as well have said 'The people who sell this stuff breathe air.' It means about as much, in the end, but Bell has decided that THIS business isn't allowed to be like every other one. Should it be a charity, Ross? Would you run one, for no pay? Why not give away booze and smokes free, if that's the problem? Ah, but booze and smokes are sacred cows. Why do I seem to be the only person who ia annnoyed at the two-facedness, hypocrisy and corruption of the people slamming legal highs?!!

05 Jul 2011 12:50p.m.

SteveO wrote:

If we regulate and control the sale of synthetic cannabis to adults, why don't we regulate, control and tax the sale of natural regular cannabis to adults as well? The natural stuff is better for you after all. Dan, it sounds like you could use a puff or two mate.

05 Jul 2011 10:13a.m.

Ruz wrote:

I agree that there should be Government regulation to control products but also who can sell. For example these are not products that should be allowed to be sold by any corner dairy.

05 Jul 2011 10:06a.m.

Dan wrote:

This is a bunch of bollocks. This is an industry based on illegal/illicit drugs and as such should be banned. Look at what they are dishing out to our future generations!!! Is the govt. lost the plot by allowing them to be self regulated!