HC Deb 18 May 1971 vol 817 c249W
41. Mr. Pavitt

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will issue a circular to all pharmacists advising them to require persons presenting E.C.10 forms for a drug known to be liable to abuse and signed by a doctor not known in the area of presentation to seek a fresh prescription from a local doctor.

Mr. Alison

No. Adequate safeguards are provided by regulation 15 of the Dangerous Drugs Regulations, 1964, and, in respect of drugs not covered by the regulations, by the advice to pharmacists recently reissued by the Pharmaceutical Society.