Written question asked by Gordon McMaster (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 1 November 1995. It was answered by Lord Blencathra (Conservative) on Wednesday, 1 November 1995 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: What is his latest estimate of the number of people who have had one or more limbs amputated as a result of injecting the gel formulation of the drug Temazepam during each of the past five years; what is his latest estimate of the number of deaths in each of the past five years which were related to the abuse of the drug Temazepam; what estimate he has made of the percentage of these which involved the gel formulation. - Ref to 264 c849W.

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