 | NORML News: BZP dance pills to come with star rating |
 People seeking a legal natural high could soon buy party pills that come with a gold-star rating. NORML News Winter 2004
PARTY PiLLSThe rating system being formulated by the Social Tonics Association of New Zealand does not indicate the kind of high people get from the popular pepper-derived pills such as Frenzy, Charge and Exodus, but is about assuring consumers that the pills have passed random and regular quality tests and that they are being sold by health and safety-conscious retailers.It is estimated that 5 million such pills have been sold in New Zealand since 2000. An investigation by the Expert Advisory Committee on Drugs recommended that the pills should not be criminalised. It added that the Misuse of Drugs Act could possibly be amended to include a new "Class D" schedule for substances such as the party pills and perhaps alcohol and tobacco, where use would be legal but the sale controlled in certain ways, such as R18 age limits or controls place of sale and on marketing. Such a schedule could also open the way for cannabis to be reclassified downwards.
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