Wanganui's district council is being urged to draw a line in the sand over the sale of legal highs.
Councillor Philippa Baker-Hogan said the council should act on the request from the Tupoho Working Party made in September, which wanted the council to "urgently" develop a policy to regulate and restrict the sale of psychoactive substances in the community.
Mrs Baker-Hogan said she, iwi leader Ken Mair and Councillor Jack Bullock especially had gained widespread community support for change.
"Two shops - the YY Shop in Dublin St and Lina Lin's Alma Rd Dairy - were no longer selling legal highs, largely because of that community pressure.
"But like our neighbours in Palmerston North, we are seeing and hearing scary new stories every time we meet up in regard to the very dangerous effects of these unsafe substances," she said.