I am sure that the hon. Lady knows that the situation she has just described in which youths place an order with a dealer and then distribute the substance among their friends is entirely consistent with the law as set out in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The message is that if you buy the drug and then distribute it, you are a supplier in the eyes of the law. I would be interested to know why she thinks there should be a distinction between these substances and the more serious drugs that are dealt with under the 1971 Act. Surely we are still trying to achieve the same aim: to stop the supply of harmful substances.
Psychoactive Substances Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Victoria Atkins
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 20 January 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Psychoactive Substances Bill [Lords].
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