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Nitazenes: Overdoses |
| Question ID: |
1824712 |
| UIN: |
HL9618 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4890 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Mendoza
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Lord Mendoza
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to develop a new drugs strategy in the light of the increase in nitazene-related overdoses and deaths in the UK. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-31 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
347 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answer text: |
The number of drug related overdoses and deaths remains too high. We are committed to saving lives, including with access to high-quality treatment. A continued focus on drugs and drug-related harms is key to addressing the problem and helping deliver the... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |