HC Deb 20 December 1990 vol 183 cc322-3W
Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 13 December,Official Report, column 475, what guidelines he issues to practitioners concerning prescription of Pentobarbitone for use by non-practitioners; and what information he collates concerning the numbers of such prescriptions.

Mr. John Patten

The use of the drug by non-practitioners is lawful only when prescribed by and used in accordance with the directions of a medical, dental or veterinary practitioner. It has not been found necessary to issue guidance additional to that contained in the product data sheets and in any literature supplied with the drug or to require central statistical returns.