Written Question·Home Office·UIN 50428

Drugs: Retail Trade

Tabled: 6 May 2025
Answered: 12 May 2025
Named Day

Question

David Taylor

LabourHemel 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 Johnson
Under 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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