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  • Recreational drugs and health information provided in head shops

  • Divina Pillay, Brendan D. Kelly
  • Journal:
    The Psychiatrist / Volume 34 / Issue 3 / March 2010
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    02 January 2018, pp. 100-102
    Print publication:
    March 2010
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  • Aims and method

    To determine which recreational drugs are most readily offered in ‘head shops’, and what safety information is provided; and determine sales assistants' knowledge about the mental health complications of cannabis. Researchers surveyed ten head shops in Dublin.

    Results

    Sales assistants in all head shops described their products as legal and safe. Overall, 50% stated cannabis was generally not harmful, although 50% stated it might cause depression and 60% stated it might cause psychosis in susceptible people. Salvia was available in 90% of outlets, although sales assistants in 78% warned about its potency.

    Clinical implications

    Legal, psychoactive drugs, some of which are banned in other jurisdictions, are readily available in Dublin head shops. Enhanced awareness and effective regulation are required.