A campaigner against the sale of so-called legal highs spoke of her anger after it emerged a shop is selling the substances in Dundee.
Pipe ‘n’ Roll on Strathmartine Road claims to sell e-cigarettes, tobacco substitutes, novelty gifts and “much more”, but staff admitted trading “research chemicals” as well.
The two men working at the shop insisted they would never sell the products to anyone who had the intention of using them for human consumption.
Among the items for sale was the Happy Joker legal high which was once implicated in the collapse of a 15-year-old girl in Lancashire who required hospital treatment.
The girl went on to make a full recovery, but one user on a legal high review website advised users to take the substance in moderation because it was “lethal”.
A man who claimed to be the owner of Pipe ‘n’ Roll said: “It would be illegal to sell them for human consumption, so we don’t.
“If someone is coming in here with the clear indication that they are going to be using them for human consumption, we will not sell the products to them.
“I’ve heard of people using them a different way from how they should.
“We can’t be responsible for what they are doing with them.
“I say again, if they have a clear intention of consuming them, I will refuse to sell them.”
The man, who did not wish to be named, claimed police had also given the shop the green light when officers visited in the first week of it opening.
But Georgia Cruickshank, who is spearheading the Dundee Campaign Against Legal Highs group, spoke of her fury that another shop selling the substances had opened its doors in the city.
She said: “I’m really angry another one has set up.
“It’s atrocious that legal highs have been allowed to go on sale in the first place.”