Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat), on Wednesday, 2 May 2007, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 85 members in total.

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TESTING OF RECREATIONAL DRUGS ON ANIMALS

That this House notes that since 1997 there have been nearly 200 published studies into the harmful effects on animals of recreational drugs, such as ecstasy (MDMA), cannabis, cocaine and amphetamines; is concerned that these studies included animals being subjected to lethal doses, electric shocks, loud noise, repeated abdominal injections and brain surgery; is further concerned that much of this animal research duplicates findings obtained from human studies; further notes that much of the animal research is funded through Government support for universities or Medical Research Council grants and centres; calls for the Government to stop granting licences for harmful experiments on animals to investigate the effects of recreational drugs; and urges the Government to reallocate funding to safe and ethical volunteer studies in humans, improving drug rehabilitation facilities and those individuals struggling with their addictions, providing information resources to prevent drug abuse and supporting facilities for families living with the consequences of drug abuse.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1411 

Session

2006-07

Other sponsors

Annette Brooke

Adam Price

David Drew

Mike Hancock

Kerry McCarthy

Subjects

Animal experiments Drugs

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk