§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many prescriptions were issued for the drugs cannabis and heroin in 1980 in England and Wales.
§ Sir George YoungThe estimated number of prescriptions written for heroin—diamorphine—and dispensed by chemists and appliance contractors in England and Wales in 1979, the latest year for which figures are available, was 23,700; this estimate is based on a one-in-200 sample of prescriptions. There were no prescriptions for cannabis because cannabis is not regarded at present as a therapeutic substance.