15/05/2018 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 14 May, the Council of the EU adopted two implementing decisions that subject two new synthetic cannabinoids ADB-CHMINACA and CUMYL-4CN-BINACA to control measures in the EU and therefore close the three stage procedure included in decision 2005/387/JHA. It should be recalled that in December 2017, the Commission suggested control measures for these cannabinoids whose effects are similar to those of cannabis but which are also much more toxic (see EUROPE 11928). These two substances are responsible for 28 identified deaths in the EU. Once this decision is published in the EU Official Journal, all the member states will have a maximum delay of one year to introduce into their national legislation the provisions needed to submit these substances to new control measures and criminal penalties. (MF)