Written question asked by Bob Spink (Conservative) on Wednesday, 1 February 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 February 2006. It was answered by Paul Goggins (Labour) on Monday, 2 October 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.

Methamphetamine

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the misuse of methamphetamine.

Answer: The Government primarily takes their advice on controlled drugs from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD).The key evidence commissioned and considered by the Government on Methylamphetamine is the ACMD Methylamphetamine Report published in November 2005 and is available at www.drugs.gov.uk via the ACMD web-pages.We have not specifically commissioned any other work, although we do take a close interest in other reports that are published.

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