Nitazenes: Misuse
Commons · Question 983 · Tabled 22 Jul 2024 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Question
Asked by Rachael Maskell
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) tackle the use of nitazenes and (b) help ensure that drug users are safe in the context of trends in the use of those drugs.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 30 Jul 2024
A cross-Government taskforce is co-ordinating the response to the risk synthetic opioids, including nitazenes, pose to the UK. The Taskforce includes officials from the Home Office, Department for Health and Social Care, National Crime Agency, National Po...