New South Wales government to outlaw synthetic drugs

The NSW Government announced this 10th of September new laws to outlaw synthetic drugs with psychoactive properties.

Minister for Fair Trading Anthony Roberts said the laws will be the most comprehensive and wide-ranging in the country. “There is no silver bullet to protect people from the scourge of psychoactive drugs, but the NSW Government has developed ground breaking laws to tackle the problem,” Mr Roberts said.

“The NSW Government will prohibit the manufacture, supply and advertising of psychoactive substances “NSW will adopt Schedule 9 of the Commonwealth Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons, making it an offence to sell, manufacture, supply and possess any Schedule 9 substance. “These offences will be added to the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985.

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