October 2010 raid on smart drug shops in Poland

On 2 October 2010, the Poland's State Health Inspectorate (Główny Inspektorat Sanitarny) in a controversial decision,[1][2][3][4] closed down and sealed off almost 1400 retail smart shops specializing in the off sales of psychoactive substances in Poland.

Some of the drugs previously sold at smart shops were banned earlier in March 2009 (benzylpiperazine, Salvia divinorum) and 2010 (mephedrone).

The decision was personally supported by the Polish prime minister Donald Tusk, who said: "In the war against drugs, if need be, we will act at the border of law."

("W walce z dopalaczami, jak będzie trzeba, będziemy działać na granicy prawa").

After closing down existing retail smart shops, the Polish government wants to create an EU-wide law to ban designer drugs, especially the internet sale of them.