Other examples of legal highs include:

Methylone aka Toot, Explosion

Legal highs no longer legal!

From the 23rd December 2009 legal highs such as BZP (Benzylpiperazine or 'Legal E'), and GBL (Gamma-Butyrolactone), became Class C Drugs – just like Tranquilisers, some painkillers, GHB and Ketamine. On the same day Synthetic Cannabinoids (Herbal Smoke, Spice) became Class B drugs – just like Cannabis. That means if you are caught in possession you could now go to prison. In March 2010 Mephedrome (or Meow Meow) also became an illegal drug.

What are legal/herbal highs?

If it's legal it must be safe, right? Wrong.

Just because something isn't illegal doesn't make it safe. Legal highs have not been tested and consequently you could be taking absolutely anything. All legal highs are currently being looked at by the government who are examining the chemicals in them to see whether they are safe and to work out what the long term effects are.

Already there have been plenty of stories in the media about legal highs causing illness, bad reactions, violence and even death, especially when they are taken with other drugs or alcohol. Taking one drug is unsafe but taking two together is just plain stupid!

FACT: Over the past couple of years the drugs causing the most harm to individuals at Glastonbury, which included hospitalisation for severe vomiting, were "legal Highs". Think about it, is it worth it?