NHS welcomes T in the Park ban on legal highs

Dr Richard Stevenson said: “Banning legal highs at T in the Park is great news. The dangers of these products should not be underestimated. It is difficult for clinicians to treat cases of unknown intoxication caused by these products as most are synthetic chemicals that are not easily identifiable with routine body fluid testing.

“There is no known antidote and there is no evidence base in terms of the type and severity of symptoms. However, it is clear that these products pose a number of different risks.”