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Rape: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered reclassifying date rape drugs such as flunitrazepam and gamma-hydroxybutyrate as weapons.

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 16 Dec 2025
Target answer date: 18 Dec 2025
Answer: 23 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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16 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered reclassifying date rape drugs such as flunitrazepam and gamma-hydroxybutyrate as weapons.
18 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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23 Dec 2025
Answer published
Gamma-Hydroxybutyric Acid (GHB) and Flunitrazepam are controlled drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. GHB, and the related substances Gamma-Butyrolactone (GBL) and 1,4-Butanediol (1,4-BD), were reclassified from Class C to Class B in 2022, in line wi...

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