War on synthetic drugs like playing 'whack a mole', expert warns

By Natasha Boddy
Updated April 23 2018 - 8:58pm, first published September 25 2014 - 11:30pm

Australia should look at regulating synthetic drugs because banning them is like a game of "whack a mole", with so-called legal highs exposing the weaknesses of prohibition, says the New Zealand Drug Foundation.

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