Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the contribution of 1 December 2014 by the Minister for Crime Prevention in the First Delegated Legislation Committee, what proportion of people responding to the survey hosted on the FRANK website said they were more likely to take a legal high having seen material on that website.
Answer
On 30 October the Government published its response to the new psychoactive substances review expert panel’s report. We set out new actions across legislation and enforcement as well as prevention, health services and
information-sharing. This will enhance the comprehensive approach that the UK Government has already taken to further reduce the threat to the UK posed by new psychoactive substances, which have been associated with paranoia, psychosis, seizures, dependence and fatalities.
278 people responded to the survey hosted on the FRANK website. Of the 278 respondents, 195 were the primary target audience of 15-18 year olds for the NPS campaign run over summer 2014.
Following their visit to the FRANK Website 22% of 15-18 year olds claimed they were more likely to take so-called ‘legal’ highs in the future, and 34% claimed they were less likely.
The survey ran from the 4th of August until the 7th of October.