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Written question asked by George Howarth (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 29 November 1996. It was answered by Ann Widdecombe (Conservative) on Friday, 29 November 1996 on behalf of the Home Office.


Home Office;Prison Service

Question
How many prisoners, who have tested positive for opiates each month since March, are suspected to have tested positive due to their consumption of (a) commercially available opiate based analgesics and (b) opiates which contravene the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971; what plans he has to introduce drug tests in the Prison Service to distinguish between different forms of opiates. - Test of letter from Richard Tilt of Prison Service Agency and includes tables.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
286 c449-50W;286 c447-8W; 6252;6251
Session
1996-97
Subjects
Drugs Prisoners Prisons Misuse Testing Proprietary drugs Analgesics
Contains statistics
Yes