Romania's Government will ban the sale and possession of so-called "legal highs," plant-based psychoactive substances, under threat of fines of up to 100,000 lei (EUR1=RON4.2127) and 2-8 years in prison.

Mediafax has obtained a draft government emergency ordinance banning the production, sale, distribution, donation, possession, introduction and advertising of "substitutes," defined as any substance of natural or synthetic origin, or any product, plant, fungus which, regardless of packaging, handling, content, presentation, advertising or name, may be used to produce a psychoactive effect and/or has a negative impact on individual or collective health, or on social behavior, and which is not regulated by other laws.

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