Drugs: Misuse

(asked on 15th October 2021) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of drug safety testing facilities in city centres to prevent drug-related harm in the night-time economy.


Answered by
Kit Malthouse Portrait
Kit Malthouse
This question was answered on 25th October 2021

No recent assessment has been made of the potential merits or risks of drug testing facilities at festivals, events or in city centres.

No illicit drug can be assumed to be safe and there is no safe way to take illicit drugs. The possession, supply or production of a controlled drug without a licence - where one is needed - is a criminal offence. Tackling drug misuse requires a system wide approach, and a need to work closely with local partners.

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