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<p>The Impact Assessment to the Psychoactive Substances Bill gives estimated costs of enforcement on the criminal justice system. Existing resources are already being used by the police and trading standards officers to tackle the supply of new psychoactive substances using legislation not specifically designed for this purpose.</p><p>The Impact Assessment anticipates that, once the Bill is enacted, very few establishments will continue to sell psychoactive substances, so the total enforcement costs are expected to be minimal. This follows the experience of Ireland which enacted a similar bill.</p> |