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Article: Ban on BZP futile, warn pill retailers; BZP drug ban futile, say retailers
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- The Press
- Article date:
- June 29, 2007
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Critics of party pills have welcomed moves to ban BZP, but
retailers warn that another type of pill is about to hit the market.
Government moves to ban benzylpiperazine (BZP) are futile,
retailers say, with second- generation, non-BZP pills already
developed and about to hit the shelves.
Under tough new legislation being drawn up by the Government and
likely to be enacted by the end of the year, BZP has been classified
as a class C1 drug, the same as cannabis.
The new law allows a six- month amnesty for personal use from the
time it comes into force.
Suppliers, manufacturers and exporters of so-called herbal highs
containing the substance -- developed in the 1940s as a worming agent
for ...