The parliamentary health commission
is to discuss, next week, the amendments to the law on combating drugs,
which
envisages adding the so-called ‘smart drugs’ to the list of banned
intoxicants.
The list is to include among
others the chemical substance mefedron, which for the time being is a
legal
substance in Poland.
It is advertised as ‘bathing salts’ or ‘white pills’,
and is sold as a substance imitating amphetamine or cocaine.
Smart drugs, which have similar
effects to narcotics, can be legally bought in Poland. They are sold as
collectors’
items or plant fertilizers in major Polish towns and cities. In Warsaw
the drugs are
available in many shops operating round the clock, some in the city
center.
In 2009 the Parliament introduced
an amendment to the drug law banning the sales of seventeen
intoxicants. (ab)
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