Poppers Ban: A Massive Cock Up

The 'unworkable' Psychoactive Substances Act is mired in new confusion just days after Tory ministers admitted it wouldn't include poppers.

Tory ministers have been forced to delay their legal highs crackdown - after apparently admitting they're not ready to enforce it.

Critics blasted the move as a "shambolic U-turn" today as it plunged the Psychoactive Substances Act into new confusion.

A letter from a police force showed the original April 6 date to enforce the law has now been pushed back until at least May 1.

It is another blow just days after Tory ministers admitted the Act could not cover poppers - despite previously insisting the sex aids would be banned.

Campaigners say there is still confusion around exactly what the far-reaching Act will prohibit.

It outlaws all substances that "directly stimulate or depress the central nervous system", so is having to specifically exclude caffiene.

But as the row over poppers showed, experts are split on how some drugs affect the nervous system.

Today the Lib Dems called on Home Secretary Theresa May to ditch the law - despite the Queen approving it just two months ago.

Home Affairs spokesman Alistair Carmichael said: "While better late than never this shambolic U-turn will have caused untold confusion particularly amongst the police.

"The Psychoactive Substances Act is unworkable and lacks a clear evidence-base, something the Liberal Democrats have been saying from the start.

"Finally the Home Office is catching up but rather than postponing its implementation the Home Secretary should just admit she got it wrong and bin the legislation...

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