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Letter: Psychoactive legal logic, unravelled

Published 2 March 2016

From Ian Moseley

Whatever criticisms can be made of the Psychoactive Substances Act, the mechanism of banning everything and then allowing exceptions is relatively fail-safe. One example is the UK Education Reform Act 1988, which bans anyone from offering anything that is, or might be perceived to be, a degree. It goes on to make exceptions for bodies on a list maintained by the Department for Education.

London, UK

Issue no. 3063 published 5 March 2016

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