HC Deb 10 July 1989 vol 156 c363W
Sir Michael McNair-Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have been prosecuted for possessing the drug Ecstasy.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The drug MDMA (commonly known as Ecstasy) has been separately identified in the statistics seizures dating back to 1 January 1988. Our provisional figures show that as a result of such seizures made in 1988, a total of 10 persons have been prosecuted for possession.