Ivana Bacik (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am a member of the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality and "herbal highs" is the more correct term in the sense that these are not legal highs in this jurisdiction. Is that right? The report said there is a lack of clarity regarding the substances' legal status. I wanted to clarify that. Did the witnesses mean that people who are taking them are not necessarily clear as to whether or not they are legal in the Republic? Different laws apply in the North, where the substances are obtained. To describe them as legal highs here is, I think, incorrect in legal terms, is it not? The legislation banning psychoactive substances would presumably apply to at least some of these products but there is a question mark over others. Are the witnesses advocating any particular change to criminal justice law in this jurisdiction?