Senator Stuart Syvret has asked the Alcohol and Drugs Service to monitor the use of the smoking mixture. The service said this morning that no ill-effects had yet been recorded. The minister explained that the service would be making a recommendation when more evidence became available. Asked whether it was likely to be banned if negative health effects were discovered, he said: ‘That is probable. I would have thought that would happen.’ However, Senator Syvret added that crystal meth, an illegal drug said to be more addictive and damaging than heroin, was of far greater concern. The JEP revealed last week that the drug also known as ‘ice’ had arrived in Jersey. Crystal meth is a powerful type of amphetamine which was recently reclassified in the UK from a class B to a class A drug – a move which Jersey now looks set to follow and which will give the courts greater sentencing powers. Head of the Alcohol and Drug Service Mike Gafoor said that the issue of Spice had been brought up by Guernsey at the British Irish Council meeting two weeks ago in Edinburgh. ‘The council said that there was not a lot we could do because it was not illegal, and that we should monitor its use and record any information regarding any adverse effects,’ he said.
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