Cannabis: Misuse

(asked on 15th October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will establish a duty for his Department to routinely monitor the potency of street cannabis; what assessment he has made of the implications for Government policy of the research by Kings College in (a) 2005, (b) 2008 and (c) 2016 on the potency of street cannabis; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 23rd October 2018

The Government has no plans to establish a duty on the Department to monitor the potency of street cannabis. The National Crime Agency monitors the strengths of all illicit drugs seized, including cannabis. The Government has noted the reports from King’s College London on the strength of cannabis with interest and remains vigilant as to changing patterns of drug use, as part of its Drug Strategy.

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