HC Deb 16 March 1989 vol 149 c315W
Mr. Tom Clarke

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on Government measures being taken to reduce the availability and use of the drug known as crack.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The Government's strategy and the wide range of measures being taken to deal with the problem of drug misuse, including the interdiction of cocaine of which "crack" is a derivative, are described in "Tackling Drug Misuse—A Summary of the Government's Strategy", copies of the third (1988) edition of which are available in the Library.