NPS

Misused substances

Risks and research

Current UK law

SUGAR

NPS

(Travis, 2015)

TOBACCO

ALCOHOL

(Dunt, 2015) (Stola, 2014)

Birrell (2015)

The Psychoactive Substances Bill

UK deaths

2009-10 deaths

2012- 68 deaths

2013- 113 deaths

(Mazumdar, 2014)

Engage

and

Educate

Regulate

Legalise low risk NPS

Medicine Act 1968

Society and indivduals health

Support

Incidents reported involving NPS

Referred to as NPS, NOT Legal Highs

820

57

2013

2012

2014

The Centre for Social Justice (2015)

347

New Psychoactive Substances

NPS

Presented by Elaine Hewson and Rochelle Moon