EU Drugs report says "new drugs" a problem

Sophisticated cocaine smuggling techniques; changes in the stimulant market; widespread domestic cannabis production; and the continuous appearance of ‘legal highs’ designed to replace controlled substances.
These are some of the drug problems facing Europe, according to the annual report of The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.
Centre Director Wolfgang Götz says the main problems caused by new synthetic drugs may not even be apparent for years.
“Even if we know the chemical composition of these substances, we do not know the long-term effects on human beings,” he said.
“Consumers should always be very much concerned that taking something today, and the effects might be fine for them, but might not be fine for them in 10 or 20 years, because we just do not know what are the effects.”
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