Legal Highs: Inside Secrets of the World's Newest and Deadliest Drugs

by Wensley Clarkson

Legal Highs are without doubt the biggest drug scourge to blight the world since recreational drugs first hit the streets more than 100 years ago. Their growing menace opens up a new front in the drug war, shifting the battle line from the Colombian jungles, Moroccan valleys, Afghan hills, and the Winnebagos of New Mexico to specially constructed laboratories on the outskirts of Shanghai and other cities across the globe. But who are the shadowy characters behind the extravagant new drugs such as "bath salts" and "Miaow Miaow?" The scientists, the rogue boffins, the factory sweat-shop workers, the smugglers, the suppliers, and, ultimately, the dealers who sell tens of millions of packets of these substances every week? Why are so many people from all walks of life now consuming Legal Highs in such large quantities? This book will go inside the lives of all these people to reveal for the first time the true stories behind the emergence of the most deadly narcotics the world has ever seen.

352 pages, Paperback

First published April 9, 2015

Reviews

[IU_read · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great research by the author

[Amy Elizabeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Found it to repetitive same thing different names which is a shame as I normally like his books!

[Patrick Stapleton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite an informal way of writing but well researched

[Jonathan · Rating 1 out of 5]

It's the same story repeated over and over and over. The people quoted all use the same terms (villain, villainry which as a word is not in heavy usage as of today?), have relatively the same experiences, and all seem to share almost the same opinion. That, to me, seems rather strange.

[Wednesday · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is without doubt the worst book I have ever read. Well, I say "read" but I didn't read the whole thing because it was so shit. It is badly written and the interviews the author claims to have done with various members of the legal high 'underworld' are clearly made up - there is zero legitimacy in anything said. I resent one star being the lowest possible rating because this book doesn't deserve even that. I usually send any books I don't enjoy to charity shops but I would hate to think of someone else parting with money for this piece of crap. It's going straight into the recycling bin.

[Book Grocer · Rating 5 out of 5]

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Legal Highs - what exactly are they? How widespread is their use? Who makes them and who sells them? How lethal are they and why do they remain above the law? True crime veteran Wensley Clarkson takes a revealing look at the highly lucrative market of these so-called legal but potentially leathal highs.

Paul, The Book Grocer