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Explore the ACPOS drug strategy aimed at reducing supply, demand, and harm of emerging drugs like BZP, SPICE, mephedrone, and naphyrone. Discover the legislation from December 2009 to July 2010 and the implications of the EMCDDA Early Warning System. Learn about the emergence of mephedrone in Europe and Scotland, and the decentralized sources for these drugs. Stay informed about mephedrone recoveries, drug deaths in Scotland, and the ACPOS Drug Death Review. Understand the implications for future legislation, temporary banning orders, export, production, importation, and possession with intent to supply.
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ACPOS Drug Strategy • Reduce Supply • Reduce Demand • Reduce Harm • Use of Intervention & Innovation
Emerging Drugs • BZP and “SPICE” • MEPHEDRONE • NAPHYRONE
Legislation • December 2009 • April 2010 • July 2010
EMCDDA Early Warning System • 2005 – 14 (New Substances) • 2006 – 7 • 2007 – 15 • 2008 – 13 • 2009 – 24
Mephedrone Emergence • Europe – March 2008 • Scotland – April 2009
Sources • Internet • Headshops • Street Level Dealer
Marketing • Plant Food/Bath Salts • Not For Human Consumption • For Research Purposes • 100% legal in UK • Research findings – “For individuals purchasing these drugs, the name of the product is insufficient information for buyers to be confident as to their exact content”
Drug Deaths • SCDEA - ACPOS database • Definition – where there is prima facie evidence of a fatal overdose of controlled drugs…..
Drug Deaths • 2009 – 1 death ‘adverse effects of methadone & mephedrone’ • 2010 – 4 deaths – • 2 West of Scotland • 2 East of Scotland
ACPOS Drug Death Review • Fatal Road Traffic Collisions • Suicides • Substances Not Controlled
Future • Temporary Banning Orders • Export and Production • Importation • Supply • Possession with Intent to Supply • No offence for “simple” possession