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Police back legal high policy by Kent Caddick
Police are backing a Selwyn District Council policy to limit the sale of legal highs to the central business district of Rolleston.
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At present no legal high retailers operate in the Selwyn district but powerless to ban the sales of the psychoactive substances council has released a draft Local Approved Products Policy for public consultation. The policy would restrict potential sales of the legal highs to the commercial area of central Rolleston. Senior Sergeant Peter Stills, who manages policing in Selwyn, said Police would prefer the products were not sold at all but as they are allowed under current legislation they need to work in with that. “We are supportive of the council putting out the policy as are other territorial local authorities around the country. “We will be making a submission to the policy both in writing and orally and think overall council has got it right although we have an issue where one of the proposed areas is close to a school.” Senior Sergeant Stills said Selwyn is very fortunate that the district doesn’t have any points of sale for the legal highs at the moment and said council needed to develop a policy should one be set up here. “We certainly support only allowing sales in large commercial areas in urban environments rather than in smaller towns in the country because of the risks associated with driving while under
p The closest legal high retail shop to Selwyn is in Hornby and is close to the Hornby police station
the influence of these substances. It is also beneficial to us to have them where we have a high presence such as central Rolleston.” Selwyn MP Amy Adams said she understands the concerns of Rolleston residents faced with the prospect of a legal high retailer opening on their doorsteps. “I share the concern of local residents at the harm caused by psychoactive substances which were previously for sale in New Zealand. “Because of these concerns Parliament last year passed legislation that removed all such products from sale. “Under regulations which took effect on November 3 last year, all psychoactive products must have approval from the Psychoactive Substances Regulatory Authority before they can be sold here. “The products must pose no more than a low risk of harm to users, and go
p Selwyn MP Amy Adams says new legislation is preventing the production of new legal high products
through a pre-market approval process similar to that required for medicines. To date, no applications for product approval have been reviewed. … continued on page 5
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