New EU legal measures, which entered into force this month, will see three harmful new psychoactive substances (NPS) brought under control across the EU. The substances — all new synthetic cathinones — are: 2-methylmethcathinone (2-MMC), 4-bromomethcathinone (4-BMC) and N-ethylnorpentedrone (NEP). These are now classified as controlled ‘drugs’ under EU law. The decision to control the substances was introduced by the European Commission last year through a Delegated Directive, amending the existing legal framework designed to bring a stronger and faster response to NPS in Europe (1). The… …