Reding wants quicker action on designer drugs
European Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding on Tuesday urged the EU's parliament and member states to adopt legislation which would make it easier to ban harmful designer drugs from the market.
(CS) European Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding on Tuesday urged the EU's parliament and member states to adopt legislation which would make it easier to ban harmful designer drugs from the market.
Speaking in Brussels, Reding said that around two million people in Europe are estimated to be taking psychoactive substances that are sold as legal. Every week, at least one such new substance enters the market within the EU, under such as names as “Spice”, “Meow-Meow”, “China White” or “Benzo Fury”.
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