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The EU's top court says designer drugs that mimic cannabis, which are already illegal in many countries, cannot be classed as medicinal.
If a drug is not "medicinal" then it can be sold until it is blacklisted.
Many new synthetic "legal highs" have appeared in recent years, making it hard for authorities to control them. Internet drug sales have boomed.
The case arose because two German vendors of such drugs were convicted for selling unsafe medicinal products.
One was jailed for four and a half years, the other given a suspended sentence. They could not have been prosecuted under anti-narcotics laws because at that time synthetic cannabinoids were not illegal.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28243083
If a drug is not "medicinal" then it can be sold until it is blacklisted.
Many new synthetic "legal highs" have appeared in recent years, making it hard for authorities to control them. Internet drug sales have boomed.
The case arose because two German vendors of such drugs were convicted for selling unsafe medicinal products.
One was jailed for four and a half years, the other given a suspended sentence. They could not have been prosecuted under anti-narcotics laws because at that time synthetic cannabinoids were not illegal.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28243083