Well said James, could you tell me what this means for small retailers in the UK like myself who sell raw herbal powders etc?

Sounds to me like the law will put people like you out of business unless you have a doctor on staff to write the prescriptions.

However I doubt if the people over there are going to take this lying down.  People in England and Europe are not as apathetic as Americans tend to be when it comes to having their rights taken away.