§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a further statement on how he intends to curb the spread of drug misuse in Britain; and what resources and advice will be made available.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe Government continue to develop their comprehensive strategy to attack the supply of and demand for drugs by devoting resources to action on five fronts:
- —international efforts to reduce supplies from abroad;
- —strengthening enforcement by police and customs;
- —maintaining effective deterrents and tight domestic controls;
- —developing preventive education and publicity;
- —improving treatment and rehabilitation.
This strategy is co-ordinated by the ministerial group on the misuse of drugs, which I chair, and is set out in our publication "Tackling Drug Misuse", which we shall shortly be reissuing.