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<p>The government is determined to tackle the problem of drugs in prisons in England
and Wales by addressing both supply and demand.</p><p> </p><p>We have introduced new
legislation to criminalise supply and possession of psychoactive substances in prison.
We have developed and introduced new tests for specified psychoactive substances into
all prisons, and have trained 300 dogs to detect such substances.</p><p> </p><p>We
are working with healthcare partners to provide effective drug treatment programmes
and on communications to make sure that prisoners are aware of the dangers of taking
psychoactive substances and visitors of the consequences of attempting to bring them
in.</p><p> </p><p>We will shortly set out further details of our plans to make prisons
places of safety and reform in a white paper.</p>
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