The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) said it would recommend UK Home Secretary Theresa May put the product – marketed as "herbal incense" – on the list of controlled substances.
The drug – which can cause unconsciousness, increased heart rate, paranoia and self-harming – is believed to be being used predominantly by young people in Glasgow.
On Wednesday night, two young girls, aged 11 and 12, had to be rushed to hospital after taking a legal high while in Kelvingrove Park in the city's west end.
A spokeswoman for the Scottish Ambulance service said: "We received a call-out to Kelvingrove Park at 5.58pm regarding two young females, aged 11 and 12, who had apparently taken a legal high. They were taken to the Western Infirmary for treatment."
A 16-year-old girl has been detained in connection with the incident.
Last week, the force also issued warnings on the use of Annihilation after nine people were hospitalised.
ACMD chairman, Professor Les Iversen, told a meeting the public body is "ahead of the game" with regards to the substance, made from a synthetic form of cannabis.
He said: "Annihilation is a relatively new substance and product and the evidence for its prevalence and harms is still very preliminary.
"However, there have been reports, particularly from Glasgow, of young people reacting very unfavourably to this product, becoming severely agitated and over-stimulated."
Katie MacLeod, outreach co-ordinator for Edinburgh-based drugs charity Crew, said: "The difficulty with legal highs is that if you ban one substance, it's likely that something else will come along just as quickly and that's a concern for us as we can't advise people on something if we don't know about it.
"Legal highs can have different active ingredients and it's difficult for users to know how much to take."
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