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Military Cracks Down on 'Legal Highs'

(Feb. 17) -- It's known as "spice," "magic mint" and "Sally D." Now, the psychoactive plant officially called Salvia divinorum is increasingly the target of military bans seeking to stop service members from using the legal drug. Typically chewed or smoked, Salvia produces a "hallucinogenic high," according to the Drug...

Britain Battles With a Dangerous 'Legal High'

LONDON (Jan. 30) – It would be easy to dismiss Ben Walters as just another casualty of illicit drug use. The 18-year-old student died at a house party in the small English town of Berkhamsted earlier this month after taking a stimulant known as Mephedrone. But Walters hadn't consumed a banned substance. The white...

Background on legal highs

Legal intoxicants are intoxicating drugs which are not prohibited by drug laws. The most commonly used intoxicant is alcohol but many others are used including native intoxicating plants historically used by indigenous cultures and modern chemical intoxicating substances that have not been defined as illegal.

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