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Nitazenes

Commons · Question 28468 · Tabled 4 Feb 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 12 Feb 2025

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Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle the illegal (a) sale, (b) distribution and (c) use of protonitazene.

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 12 Feb 2025

The Government takes seriously the threat from potent synthetic drugs, including synthetic opioids such as fentanyl and nitazenes, including protonitazene, and is taking action. Reducing drug harms has important benefits for the Government’s mission to de...