MHK wants to know what's being done to combat legal highs

Tuesday, 25 November 2014 00:00

What exactly is government doing to fight the war on legal high drugs?

MHK Peter Karran is putting the question to Home Affairs Minister Juan Watterson in today's sitting of Tynwald.

The Liberal Vannin wants to know what his department are doing to protect the public from their growing popularity.

Shelley Stanley from Drugs charity DASH says as soon as one substance is outlawed, another comes along:

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