Written Question·Home Office·UIN 71708

Drugs: Misuse

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Siân Berry

Green PartyBrighton Pavilion

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the deterrent effects of classification on drug (a) use, (b) production, (c) sales and (d) the reduction of anti-social behaviour.

Answer

Sarah Jones
The Government has not made a formal assessment of the deterrent effects of classification. The Government consults the statutory expert advisory group, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) established under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, abo...

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