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nitrous-oxide-inhalation-issues-in-focus-as-uk-psychoactive-substances-act-comes-into-force-today
nitrous-oxide-inhalation-issues-in-focus-as-uk-psychoactive-substances-act-comes-into-force-today

Nitrous oxide: Inhalation issues in focus as UK Psychoactive Substances Act comes into force today

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A new law set to put an end to the recreational use of nitrous oxide and other ‘legal highs’ comes into effect in the UK today.

The Psychoactive Substances (NPS) Act 2016, introduced by the Home Office, outlaws the supply of so-called ‘legal highs’. It will protect young people by banning any production, supply and importation or exportation for human consumption of these potentially dangerous drugs, linked to the deaths of 144 people in the UK in 2014 alone.

The act provides a range of criminal and civil sanctions including new powers for police and tough sentences of up to seven years for offenders.

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