Editing Drug prohibition (section)

===Legal highs and prohibition===
In 2013 the [[European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction]] reported that there are 280 new legal drugs, known as "legal highs", available in Europe.<ref>Power, Mike (May 29, 2013) [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/may/29/drug-prohibition-rise-legal-highs Rise in legal highs is fuelled by drug prohibition]. The Guardian.</ref> One of the best known, [[mephedrone]], was banned in the United Kingdom in 2010.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2010/11/will_the_mephedrone_ban_cause.html Will the mephedrone ban cause more drug deaths?] BBC News Online . November 23. 2010</ref> On November 24, 2010, the U.S. [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] announced it would use emergency powers to ban many [[Synthetic cannabis|synthetic cannabinoids]] within a month.<ref name="huffpost">{{cite news |last=Grim |first=Ryan |title=K2 Crackdown: DEA Using Emergency Powers To Ban Fake Pot |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/24/dea-using-emergency-power_n_788149.html |access-date=November 25, 2010 |date=November 24, 2010 |work=The Huffington Post}}</ref> An estimated 73 new psychoactive synthetic drugs appeared on the UK market in 2012. The response of the [[Home Office]] has been to create a temporary class drug order which bans the manufacture, import, and supply (but not the possession) of named substances.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/jun/04/legal-highs-benzo-fury-nbome-banned Two new 'legal highs' to be banned for 12 months]. The Guardian. June 4, 2013</ref>