Under current law, it is illegal to import, sell or market the so-called ‘legal high’, but it is not an offence to use it.
Health want to make Spice a class B drug alongside cannabis. ‘It is as dangerous as cannabis and I recommend people do not use it,’ said Deputy Medical Officer of Health Susan Turnbull.
The decision by health chiefs to ban the possession and use of Spice comes at the same time that the UK’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, the government’s official drug adviser, recommended to Home Secretary Alan Johnson that Spice be added to their list of prohibited drugs following their study of legal highs.
Jersey’s own Advisory Council will now recommend the same thing to Health Minister Anne Pryke, and subject to her agreement it will then be classified as an illegal substance under the Misuse of Drugs Law.
