Synthetic Cannabinoids: Misuse
(asked on 3rd July 2017) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government's policy is on the legal status of (a) Spice, (b) Black Mamba and (c) the new highly potent and lethal crystalised form of Spice.
This question was answered on 6th July 2017
A third generation of synthetic cannabinoids was controlled under class B of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 in December. Synthetic cannabinoids are commonly found under a number of brand names, including ‘spice’ and ‘black mamba’, which contain a wide range of these substances that varies from sample to sample.