§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what research she has commissioned into the risks to the health of persons under the age of 18 years of the indiscriminate use of anabolic steroids.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe Department has commissioned no research specifically into the risks to the health of persons under the age of 18 years of the use of anabolic steriods. However, in October 1991 we commissioned Professor G. V. Stimson, Director of the Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour, to undertake a study into the extent of misuse of anabolic steriods. The report of this study has just been received by this Department and is currently being considered.