Submitted on Sunday 24th January 2016
Rejected on Monday 25th January 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Exempt alkyl nitrates/"poppers" from the Psychoactive Substances Bill
A Government committee in 2011 published a report stating that poppers are not a psychoactive substance, and that their adverse health effects are negligible. Failing to exempt poppers from the Bill will, due to their ubiquity amongst gay communties, criminalise many people and be unenforceable.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs wrote to the Home Secretary, Theresa May, in 2011, stating that alkyl nitrates cannot be accurately classified as a 'legal high' nor as a psychoactive substance [1].
[1]: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/119139/acmdnps2011.pdf
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