§ Mr. Lawlerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many known heroin addicts there are in the Bradford area in each year of the period 1980 to 1984 and what were the amounts of illegal drugs seized in each year in Bradford.
§ Mr. MellorThe available information relates to police force areas and is given for the West Yorkshire police force area in the following tables. Information for 1984 is not yet available.
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Drug addicts notified to the Home Office during the year as addicted to heroin West Yorkshire Number of persons 1980 1981 1982 1983 Addicts not previously notified 10 9 20 23 Addicts first notified in an earlier year 3 3 7 5 Total 13 12 27 28
Seizures(1) of controlled drugs in the West Yorkshire police force area by drug type West Yorkshire 1980 1981 1982 1983 Drug type Number Quantity(2) (grammes) Number Quantity(2) (grammes) Number Quantity(2) (grammes) Number Quantity(2) (grammes) Class A drugs: Cocaine 4 5.7 2 0.6 — — 5 1.0 Dextromoramide 5 2.7 — — 2 (3)— — — Dipipanone 6 0.3 2 0.2 11 (3)— 3 (3)— Heroin 4 7.7 9 72.4 12 13.2 26 363.7 Methadone 4 0.9 3 0.6 — — 1 0.1 Morphine 8 19.2 7 519.1 3 1.3 5 2.2 Opium 4 11.3 2 0.7 2 2.1 4 1.5 Pethidine 5 22.4 2 7.2 1 0.1 2 0.5 LSD 9 (3)— 5 (3)— 7 (3)— 6 (3)— Other Class A drugs 4 0.5 3 0.1 2 0.3 3 19.0 Class B drugs: Cannabis 97 1,236.6 130 2,349.0 164 2,685.0 145 3,166.9 Cannabis plants 69 (4)1,036 82 (4)1,264 68 (4)480 66 (4)654 Cannabis resin 86 5,557.9 141 2,620.8 253 4,707.1 338 9,767.8 Cannabis liquid 5 227.8 4 (3)— 1 0.1 5 4,741.3 Amphetamine 20 21.5 23 35.2 28 122.2 67 132.3 Dexumphetamine Levamphetamine Methylamphetamine — — — — — — — — Other Class B drugs 3 3.4 3 1.9 — — 1 (3)— Class C drugs: Methaqualone 6 77.3 4 12.3 2 4.8 2 8.8 Other Class C drugs — — — — — — — — (1) As the same seizure can involve more than one drug type, rows cannot be added together to produce totals. (2) Seizures of unspecified quantities are not included. (3) Less than 1/20 gramme. (4) Number of plants seized.