Is nitrous oxide covered by the Psychoactive Substances Act? Cliff Hide/LNP/REX/Shutterstock
Critics said it was unworkable. That it was scientifically illiterate and legally unsound. And that it recreated failed policies on drug control. They were right. The UK’s blanket ban on psychoactive substances is under renewed fire after two cases brought under the new law collapsed.
Three people accused of selling nitrous oxide – or laughing gas – walked free after the government’s own expert witness and a judge concluded that the substance wasn’t covered by the law. The Crown Prosecution…
