Written Question·Home Office·UIN 11637
Opioids: Misuse
Tabled: 29 October 2024
Answered: 4 November 2024
Named DayQuestion
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Labour — Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent the (a) distribution and (b) use of synthetic opioids.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonThe Government takes seriously the threat from potent synthetic drugs, including synthetic opioids such as nitazenes, and is taking action to disrupt this deadly trade. Reducing drug harms has important benefits for public health and for the Government’s ...
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