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date	13/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Synthetic Cannabinoids: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the police on the steps they are taking to tackle the availability of black mamba and spice on the streets; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	112500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>We have regular conversations on tackling illegal drugs with the National Policing Lead for Drugs, including on the prevalence of synthetic cannabinoids, such as those sold under the brand names of Spice and Black Mamba.</p><p>We recognise how dangerous synthetic cannabinoids can be and the devastating impact that they can have on communities, families and the individuals taking them.</p><p> </p><p>That is why we acted to control these substances as class B drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act and give the police the powers they need to take action, including making possession illegal and delivering longer sentences for dealers.</p><p><br>We are monitoring the prevalence of these drugs, and new psychoactive substances more widely, through a range of sources such as survey data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales, and data on the numbers of people in treatment.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 112499 112501 question first answered 16/11/2017 16:57:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

788595

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Synthetic Cannabinoids: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of the drugs (a) black mamba and (b) spice; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	112501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>We have regular conversations on tackling illegal drugs with the National Policing Lead for Drugs, including on the prevalence of synthetic cannabinoids, such as those sold under the brand names of Spice and Black Mamba.</p><p>We recognise how dangerous synthetic cannabinoids can be and the devastating impact that they can have on communities, families and the individuals taking them.</p><p> </p><p>That is why we acted to control these substances as class B drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act and give the police the powers they need to take action, including making possession illegal and delivering longer sentences for dealers.</p><p><br>We are monitoring the prevalence of these drugs, and new psychoactive substances more widely, through a range of sources such as survey data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales, and data on the numbers of people in treatment.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 112499 112500 question first answered 16/11/2017 16:57:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker