Can you get addicted to legal highs?

Learn about the reality of legal highs, their potential for addiction, and practical steps for addressing addiction among teens in the detailed guide for young readers.

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Understanding Legal Highs: Can You Get Addicted? When you hear "legal highs," it might sound like a safe buzz after all, if it's legal, it can't be that bad, right? Wrong. The term "legal highs" can be pretty misleading. Often referred to as new psychoactive substances (NPS), these are drugs intended to mimic the effects of illegal substances like cocaine, cannabis, and ecstasy, but are structured differently enough at the molecular level to not be classified under the same legal restrictions at least initially. What Exactly Are Legal Highs? Legal highs encompass a range of substances that are meant to...
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