Drug Addiction

Mr. Alex Carlile
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in Wales are addicted to heroin and cocaine in each health authority area; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Mellor
In 1989 doctors in Wales notified persons addicted to heroin and concaine as follows: ---------------------------
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|District health authority|
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|Clwyd                    |
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|East Dyfed               |
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|Gwent                    |
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|Gwynedd                  |
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|Mid-Glamorgan            |
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|Pembrokeshire            |
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|Powys                    |
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|South Glamorgan          |
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|West Glamorgan           |
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|All Wales                |
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