Prisons Illegal Drug Use 2025-03-11

2025-03-11

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Luke Evans Con
Hinckley and Bosworth
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Less than 1% of seized substances contained anabolic steroids before 2021, but by 2023, it was 10%, making them the third most prevalent drug class detected in Scottish prisons. This trend highlights a significant increase in steroid usage.
Before 2021, less than 1% of seized substances contained anabolic steroids. In 2023, it was 10%, with anabolic steroids being the third most prevalent drug class detected in Scottish prisons. Will the Lord Chancellor meet me and Dr Jayasena and Dr Grant, who are national leads on the topic from Imperial College, to look at conducting research into the impact of steroids on offending and the prison population?
I pay tribute to the hon. Member for his long record of campaigning on this particular issue. It is an important point, and I will ensure that he can meet the Prisons Minister and look at what further research might be needed in this area.
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