Written Question·Home Office·UIN 50428
Drugs: Retail Trade
Tabled: 6 May 2025
Answered: 12 May 2025
Named DayQuestion
David Taylor
Labour — Hemel Hempstead
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the sale of drug paraphernalia in high street retail outlets on levels of drug use among young people.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonUnder Section 9A of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (“the Act”), a person who supplies or offers to supply any article which may be used (or adapted to be used) in the unlawful administration of a controlled drug, is guilty of an offence.An exception is made...
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