Legal Highs see 4 youngsters rushed to PEH

Guernsey Police and drug concern are raising the alarm over legal highs.

4 young islanders- that's 2 youths and 2 juveniles- had to be taken to hospital after taking different kinds of tablet.

One had a dove motif; the other is apparently called a spaced head.

Officers say parents concerned about legal high abuse should contact their GP, drug concern for advise. (from Island FM)

This makes me so angry....why cant they make it illegal??? does it take a child to die before they do anything about it....
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yes it does.....because this is Gsy and we just will not do anything about anything......until it's too late......People bury their heads in the sand............... and end up burying their children..But who gives a dam....

I want the whole goverment arrested for making money out of the 2 most addictive drugs, That kill more kids each year ( no close shaves) actually kill, When they ban the sale of these Killers, and hand back the millions they have made from the misery there drugs of choice have made, to Charity Like AA Alanon ect, and give back the thousands of lives that are lost every decade.

Of course They Cant, No deaths proven directly linked to legal high's... Em how many per week from there products the ones they endorse.

Its nice to live in a glass house, but avoid the stone throwing, as most headshops have a far stricter policy towards there product then any pub or shop I have ever been in....And stop shouting Think of the children, a bit silly when the majority of the parents out there believe that the 2 legals are far more dangerous. Unless of course they suffer the same lack of real world education that you seem to suffer from.

by the lack of education out there.

vince, who is this post aimed at??

Vince wrote:I want the whole goverment arrested for making money out of the 2 most addictive drugs, That kill more kids each year ( no close shaves) actually kill, When they ban the sale of these Killers, and hand back the millions they have made from the misery there drugs of choice have made, to Charity Like AA Alanon ect, and give back the thousands of lives that are lost every decade.

Of course They Cant, No deaths proven directly linked to legal high's... Em how many per week from there products the ones they endorse.

Its nice to live in a glass house, but avoid the stone throwing, as most headshops have a far stricter policy towards there product then any pub or shop I have ever been in....And stop shouting Think of the children, a bit silly when the majority of the parents out there believe that the 2 legals are far more dangerous. Unless of course they suffer the same lack of real world education that you seem to suffer from.

by the lack of education out there.

Ah Vince are you for real? these "Legal" highs are the worst things that are around on the market today, the youngsters using these do not have any idea of the damage they ill do to themselves.

The only people that benifit from these drugs are the dealers, they are making £1000's from the Youngsters.In Jersey we have banned them but they are avaialble on the black market,

Lets get real Drugs like these will kill

There should be some regulation on them

If these Legal Highs were classed as a medicine, they would immedietly not be able to be sold in Guernsey, except in a pharmacy, because the ingredients would not be on the list that allows them to be sold in a regular shop.

the Law needs to be changed fast.lobby a deputy to do it fast!

The law is currently being looked at and it is likely that the contents of such products would be looked at to establish common factors. This could then be legislated against as restricted medicines are.

In relation to Vince's post, I imagine that he is targeting the alcohol and cigarettes issue and the harm these 'legalised' forms cause.

I certainly can't argue that smoking and alcohol related deaths form the largest part of health problems, but I think it would be naive to believe that drugs and legal highs also do not cause harm.

I suppose in a way Alcohol is a legal high

The extra taxes on alcohol does not work on reducing drinking, it is affecting the way people drink though, which in turn can actually make the drinking problem worse.

People would go out and have a few 25cl drinks of spirit during the night, now many of them buy a bottle from the supermarket and stay home and have probably 3-4 times the measure of spirit in a glass.

They probably end up drinking far more at home than they would have if they went out,

Also social life in the island is changing because people cant afford to go out 2 or 3 times a week like they used to, they cut back to just once, this in turn is affecting the pub trade.

These new so caled legal highs though need either banning or at least regulating.

Wayside, why regulate this drug?

Its not a option I like and would prefer a ban, but at least cigarettes and booze have some regulations in place it seem these legal Highs have none, the supporters of them will say why ban them when alcohol and tobacco are not banned, so if they cant be banned at least regulate them.

wayside wrote:Its not a option I like and would prefer a ban, but at least cigarettes and booze have some regulations in place it seem these legal Highs have none, the supporters of them will say why ban them when alcohol and tobacco are not banned, so if they cant be banned at least regulate them.

Your argument for regulation does not convince me in the slightest.

Pete why dont you read what I say properly

"These new so caled legal highs though need either banning or at least regulating".

The preference is Banning, If thats not possible for whatever reason they should be regulated,
I am not argueing in favour of regulation, as banning is preffered.

wayside wrote:Pete why dont you read what I say properly

"These new so caled legal highs though need either banning or at least regulating".

The preference is Banning, If thats not possible for whatever reason they should be regulated,
I am not argueing in favour of regulation, as banning is preffered.

Then say banning rather then regulation.