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The New South Wales Government says it will temporarily ban the sale of some synthetic drugs online.
The action was foreshadowed last week but has come into sharper focus after Sydney teenager Henry Kwan jumped to his death under the influence of synthetic drugs.
Kwan, 17, jumped from the balcony of his family home after allegedly taking a synthetic substance that mimics the effects of the hallucinogen LSD.
His father Stephen Kwan says more needs to be done to restrict the sale of such substances online.
New South Wales Fair Trading Minister Anthony Roberts says his department is nearing the end of an investigation into the sale of the drugs and the Government will soon start a regime of banning synthetic drugs.
In the meantime, it will introduce a 90-day ban.
"Fair Trading is currently almost at the end of its intelligence gathering and we expect in the not too distant future, once we've established some protocols with police and health, to start the naming and also the banning of products," Mr Roberts said.
Federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek today backed any State Government measure to restrict the sale of the substances.
Drug and Alcohol Research Training Australia director Paul Dillon says the use of synthetic drugs is on the rise because they are cheap and readily available online.
But Mr Dillon warns that users have no way of knowing what they are taking or its effects.
"They're seen as relatively benign and they can't be detected by drug dogs, so they're becoming very attractive - they're also incredibly cheap," Mr Dillon said.
An 18-year-old man has been charged with supplying a prohibited substance to Henry Kwan and will face court next month
So tens of thousands of people took drugs that weekend with no problems, but one idiot throws himself off a balcony and everyone else is PUNISHED (and that is not too strong a word).
So why, when someone drives into a tree at 3 times the alcohol limit why don't they ban all alcohol the next day because the risks are just too high, why when some kid gets brain damage playing rugby don't they ban all contact sports ?
no answers required, we all know the reasons, fear, ignorance, brainwashing, vote grabbing pollies, rating grabbing media, conflicting taxation and business interests blah blah blah.....
shame on the main stream culture, I hope they suffocate in their ego trip isolation boxes.