HC Deb 10 May 2000 vol 349 c405W
Mr. Ben Chapman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the reclassification of Gammahydroxybutrate as a drug rather than as a medicine. [120437]

Mr. Charles Clarke

Further to my reply of 28 February 2000,Official Report, column 107W, I can report that Gammahydroxybutrate has now been referred to the Scientific Committee of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drugs Addiction for a formal risk assessment.