§ LORD BRAINasked Her Majesty's Government:
What are the figures relating to drug addiction which they will be furnishing to the United Nations in their Report on the working of the International Treaties on Narcotic Drugs in 1965.
§ LORD STONHAMThe Report will include comprehensive statistical information, the more important of which is as follows:—
Known addicts to dangerous drugs Total number of addicts 927 Number of addicts to heroin 521 Number of addicts to cocaine 311 Total number of addicts of non-therapeutic origin 580 Number of heroin addicts of non-therapeutic origin 509
Ages of known addicts to dangerous drugs Male Female Total Age under 20 110 35 145 (134) Age 20–34 271 76 347 (319) Age 35–49 72 62 134 (52) Age 50 and over 100 191 291 (16) Age unknown 5 5 10 (—) Total 558 369 927 (521) The figures in brackets show the number of addicts who are known to take heroin. This is supplementary to the information provided in the Report.