A new breed of designer drugs cooked up in backstreet laboratories threatens to flood the market, posing untold risks to the health and safety of users.
Gardai and health officials are alarmed at a rise in the use of psychoactive drugs, which has spiralled over the past year.
A lack of information on the chemical make-up of the ever-changing drugs has heightened fears about the health risks they pose to users.
The synthetic substances, which are generally manufactured in laboratories in the Netherlands and eastern Europe but are also being imported from China, have become more popular since the downturn in the economy.
Source: Irish Independent, 26/12/2013
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