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Points of Order: Topical Debate — Drug Strategy (3 Apr 2008) has video

Brian Iddon: ...we have put on to the streets, through our own war on drugs, cannabis with a 15 per cent. THC content, which is causing our young people immense problems. Of course if children of nine or 10 start smoking cannabis of that sort they will blow their minds, and probably even damage their minds.

[Mr. Greg Pope in the Chair] — Global Security (Middle East) (24 Jan 2008)

Brian Iddon: ...cannot even get mattresses for their children to sleep on—they have been sleeping on the floor. People carried cigarettes back—although admittedly, I do not approve of that and I do not smoke—but they also carried back basic materials that had run out, such as cooking pots. Everything that came back through that barrier yesterday did so because some materials are no...

Written Answers — Health: Smoking: Prescription Drugs (14 Jan 2008)

Brian Iddon: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received on adverse reactions to the anti-smoking prescription drug Champix.

[John Bercow in the Chair] — Drug Classification (14 Jun 2007)

Brian Iddon: ...with seemingly little scientific basis". In any debate such as this, it is important to put facts in context. Although an estimated 3.5 million people misuse controlled drugs, 12 million people smoke tobacco and 43 million use alcohol. Far more people die as a result of using alcohol and tobacco than through the misuse of controlled drugs. Some 90 per cent. of all drug-related deaths are...

Point of Order: Drugs (Reclassification and Roadside Testing) (25 Apr 2007)

Brian Iddon: ...currently available. I also point out to the hon. Gentleman that cannabis stays in the blood for up to 30 days, because it is a lipophilic substance absorbed by the fatty tissues of our body. Smoking a spliff will affect the mind for just a few hours, not for 30 days. I put it to him that it would be unfair to criminalise someone, having detected cannabis in them, because they were driving...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Macular Degeneration (6 Feb 2007)

Brian Iddon: On the basis that prevention is better than cure, will my right hon. Friend congratulate Simon Kelly's team at the Royal Bolton hospital, which has established a firm link between AMD and smoking? Does she agree that we should get the message across to all smokers in the land to try to avoid incidences of that difficult condition?

Public Bill Committee: Drugs Bill: Clause 5 - X-rays and ultrasound scans: England and Wales (1 Feb 2005)

Dr Brian Iddon: ...aggressive, whereas heroin has the opposite effect. The police do not like to deal with people on cocaine, because they can be horrific to deal with, particularly   if they have just snorted or smoked it. We now have the problem in Manchester because of direct flights from places such as Kingston. A few years ago, I was on the police parliamentary scheme with the Greater Manchester...

Orders of the Day — Drugs Bill (18 Jan 2005)

Dr Brian Iddon: ...which is the main psychoactive component of all cannabis plants. However, there are 23 different varieties of cannabis plant. I have never taken an illegal drug in my life and have therefore never smoked cannabis, but I take an interest in the subject and have been to an Amsterdam coffee shop. Many people who walk into Amsterdam coffee shops partake of not only coffee but...

Orders of the Day — Drugs Bill (18 Jan 2005)

Dr Brian Iddon: He had been smoking for most of his life, but he was getting a bit unfit and told me that he would not do it any longer. The Road Traffic Laboratory has carried out research on the effect of cannabis on drivers. I believe that its report said that one spliff can calm some nervous drivers down enough to make them better drivers, although of course it did not recommend taking cannabis and...

Public Bill Committee: Marine Safety Bill: Clause 2 - Fire authorities: power to charge (29 Apr 2003)

Dr Brian Iddon: ...say that had the container ship entered the side of the cruise ship, and not the other way round, the picture would have been a lot worse, with the cruise ship lying disabled in a toxic cloud of smoke. Major fire service involvement offshore would certainly have been required. The second incident, to which I also referred on Second Reading, concerned a three-day fire on the ro-ro ferry...

Written Answers — Transport, Local Government and the Regions: Drivers (Smoking) (29 Jan 2002)

Dr Brian Iddon: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what his policy is on action to deter or prevent people from smoking while driving a vehicle.

Illegal Drugs (21 Mar 2001)

Dr Brian Iddon: ...of Drugs published a report, "Reducing Drug-Related Deaths", which I recommend to right hon. and hon. Members. It states that alcohol is responsible for 28,000 to 32,000 deaths per annum, and that smoking kills about 120,000 people per annum. We also know precisely how many deaths--580, in 1998--are caused by paracetamol. Unfortunately, we do not know precisely how many deaths are caused...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Transport and the Regions: Drivers (Drug Tests) (26 Oct 1999)

Dr Brian Iddon: ..., will we prosecute drivers taking prescription drugs that affect the central nervous system? Bearing in mind the fact that cannabis can be detected in the body for up to 30 days after someone has smoked a spliff, will the charge against a person who has smoked only one spliff be possession, or driving under the influence?

Petitions: Drugs (2 Jun 1999)

Dr Brian Iddon: ...for a drop in its usage, such as the fact that cheaper alternatives are now available—which, unfortunately, includes heroin. It is now being sold as Brown—a drug that is "safe to smoke". It is not, of course, and we must concentrate on getting the dangers of that evil drug across to our young people in particular. As the dance scene changes, so do the drugs. So culture plays...

Orders of the Day — Trade, Industry, Education and Employment (25 Nov 1998)

Dr Brian Iddon: ...system—St. Helena—was built. I am pleased to say that it has been preserved, and still stands today. If one visits a town such as Bolton today, one will not be able to count so many smoking chimneys. In fact, my constituent, Fred Dibnah, said to me in his garden the other day, "Will you tell the Minister for the Environment that I've done more good for the environment than...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Tobacco (22 Jul 1997)

Dr Brian Iddon: I am sure that my hon. Friend is aware that smoking kills 120,000 people every year. That is equivalent to six jumbo jets crashing every week with total loss of life. If that happened, there would be public outrage and calls for action. What package of measures is my hon. Friend therefore proposing to adopt to tackle one of the nation's most deadly killers?