§ Mrs. Ann Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many deaths there were in each of the last five years from drug misuse;
(2) how many deaths have occurred in the last five years as a result of the misuse of drugs which were obtained illegally:
421W(3) how many people under the age of 21 years have died in each of the last five years because of drug abuse; and in how many cases these drugs were obtained illegally.
Drug 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 Opium, opium alkaloids and their derivatives … 13 11 2 7 12 10 Synthetic analgesics with morphine-like effects … 3 1 3 3 3 7 Barbiturates … 11 6 14 21 20 21 Other hypnotics and sedatives or tranquilisers … 4 1 1 1 2 3 Cocaine … — — — — — — Cannabis sativa … — — — — — — Other psycho-stimulants … 1 — 2 1 — — Hallucogenics … — — — — — — Other … 14 8 7 18 16 15 Unspecified … 7 6 9 7 11 16 TOTALS … 53 33 38 58 64 72 It is not possible to separate from these totals details of those deaths resulting from drugs obtained illegally.