§ Mr. Geoffrey Lloydasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will give figures of amphetamine prescriptions issued in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and what has been the result of his discussions with the medical and pharmaceutical professions on ways of preventing misuse of these drugs.
§ Mr. CrossmanThe number of prescriptions for amphetamines and related substances is estimated to have been as follows:
1966 5.2 million 1967 4.8 million 1968 3.9 million With the agreement of the medical and pharmaceutical professions and the manufacturers, supplies of methyl-amphetamine and methylphenidate in injectable form are no longer available on prescription. My Chief Medical Officer wrote personally to all doctors last October inviting their help in controlling the problem of drug addiction and in March, 1969 the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain asked its members not to dispense prescriptions for powdered amphetamines.