The rising tide of 'legal highs'

A selection of legal high packets in the UK

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Andy Extance investigates the chemistry that has helped recreational drugs evade the law, and its consequences

Novel psychoactive substances pose serious questions about the science – particularly the chemistry – and philosophy of drug control. Andy Extance to a ‘psychonaut’ chemist who makes them – and the analytical chemists on the other side of the fence.