One possible explanation for the drop in people going to hospitals when a ban is introduced is that they are nervous of turning up there having taken an illegal substance. It is possible that the increase in deaths may have something to do with people not going to get the help that perhaps they needed—but we need some more research into these matters.
Psychoactive Substances Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Meacher
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 9 June 2015.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Psychoactive Substances Bill [HL].
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