On Monday 29 May, the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU and the European Parliament concluded an informal political agreement that will allow the EU to act faster to tackle legal highs, new psychoactive substances used, amongst other things, as a substitute for cocaine and ecstasy.
“The new mechanism metrics allow for a more efficient EU response to new psychoactive substances, which are appearing on the EU market at an unprecedented pace”, the Maltese Presidency explained in a...