The substances are marketed and sold online under names such as “bath salts” or “research chemicals”. In scientific circles, they are known as “new psychoactive substances” or NPS. When a new product appears, doctors, police and researchers try to identify it and determine its origin. Often, the drug is prohibited by law within a few years. In the meantime, however, Dr. Zee continues to release new substances and is always a few steps ahead. It`s a remarkable statement – the credited rock musician and drug activist of the global legal highs industry is now calling for new laws in the UK to protect the millions of young people who use these substances. Dr. Zee, the Israeli chemist credited with launching the legal highs market in the UK, shows off his latest invention. Unlike his other discoveries — notably mephedrone, which caused media panic in 2009 when tabloids published horror stories about “miaow miaow” and “plant food” — this one cannot be sniffed or swallowed. Instead, it`s a black plastic box that looks more like a coffee maker. Hey everyone hopes it`s okay to post here.
We conducted an interview with Dr. Zee, who discovered many “legal highs”. We also did an episode with Timothy Tyler, who sadly spent 26 years in federal prison before being pardoned. We also spoke with scientist and Cyberdelics Society co-founder Carl H Sm Later, he points out that making new drugs is a discovery process that is not inventive: “It`s not as intentional as most people think. The only aspects of a new molecule that I can control are its chemical structure and legality. But there is no scientific method to predict what effect it will have on the human body, mind or brain, and whether it will have any effect. Legal highs are synthetic chemical substitutes for illicit recreational drugs such as cannabis, cocaine and ecstasy, often sold at a lower price. The industry has grown dramatically over the past decade in response to demand from clubbers and festival-goers, but it has proven difficult to regulate and some products have proven deadly. Following the screening of a locally produced documentary on EASE entitled The Truth Files, Deputy Secretary of Health Jim Anderton issued a statement classifying EASE as an illegal product[24] and making the following assessment: As popularity grew, the Interagency Committee on Drugs (IACD) and the Cabinet Committee on Drug Policy (CMHR) funded research into the use of these products. [15] This confirmed that among those who used illicit drugs and party pills, 44.1% had recently stopped using illicit drugs and 45.6% had used party pills to avoid using illegal drugs. [2] Watching the documentary, one wonders if Zee – who “has never met someone who is addicted to my drugs. I`ve never been face to face with it” – is too far away from its consumers.
Whether it`s the herb substitute Spice or the cocaine-mimicking Rush, users continue to point out that the heights are much greater than they are supposed to mimic. The long-term effects can be just as bleak – we see Glen, 31, whose life has revolved around Spice since he stepped away from weed, or Phil, a homeless addict since his youth, who gave up illegal drugs to shoot £40 worth of magic crystals every day at a nearby church. These people are clearly trapped in a cycle of addiction – although it can easily be argued that they would be independent of the easy availability of the substance they have chosen. The appeal of legal highs lies in their price, availability and effectiveness. When supply problems with cocaine, a Class A drug that carried the maximum penalty for possession, resulted in a decrease in the purity of the drug available on the street and an increase in price, the traffickers stepped in and offered mephedrone, which was cheaper, purer, Class B and had the same effect. He is credited with inventing legal highs. So why is the man who made his fortune by circumventing the law now asking the authorities to intervene? Jeremy Laurance meets him Following this report by the Law Commission, the New Zealand government announced in September 2011 that it would follow the advice of the Law Commission and introduce a new regulatory system. [16] The result of this change was the introduction of a “Class D” schedule designed to restrict the sale of herbal highs or holiday pills to persons over the age of 18. and controlling the marketing and labelling of products. [17] Dr.
Zee, the Israeli chemist, is not a real doctor, he is Mr. Legal Highs – the man who invented most of the over-the-counter synthetic drugs that will soon be banned by new British legislation. BBC3 followed Dr Zee as he met Peter, the owner of a headshop in Portsmouth, who makes a living selling Zee`s chemical mixtures. In recent years, there has been an explosion of compounds that mimic the effects of popular drugs such as cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis, but are chemically diverse enough not to fall into the illegal category. Chemical compounds are effectively legal until they are banned, which means the government must react as soon as the chemicals hit the market. Watch filmmaker Tom Costello`s documentary. Tom followed the owner of the main store and his customers over the past few months before the Psychoactive Substances Act enacted a UK ban on legal highs on Thursday, May 26, 2016.