A drug wipe test found that 11 of the 12 restrooms tested showed traces of cocaine. The restrooms were accessible only to those with parliamentary passes.
AP reported that House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle decided to contact police after hearing aboutSeveral members of parliament told the British newspaper there is a"culture of cocaine" in the government, citing specific events in which they saw casual cocaine use by fellow lawmakers, especially younger ones. Examples range from seeing a member of parliament discreetly snorting cocaine at their desk to openly doing it at a party where journalists were present.
It seems Hoyle has been aware of the drug issue. When running for speaker in 2019, he said,"It's not just drink we've got to catch out, there is a drug problem."British lawmakers called for an investigation into the traces of cocaine found in restrooms around Parliament. Above, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson observes an early morning police raid on a home in Liverpool, England, on December 6, 2021, ahead of the publication of the government's 10-year drug strategy.
The allegations emerged just as the government announced a new strategy to combat drug abuse and drug-related crime. The plans published Monday call for more resources to rehabilitate addicts, alongside a police clampdown on drug dealers and traffickers. The government also plans to target recreational drug users to suppress demand for narcotics, including by contacting clients found in drug dealers' seized phones"with a range of messages to discourage their drug use.""There are obviously several thousand people who work on the estate and I would be surprised if there weren't some lifestyle users of drugs amongst them," he told Sky News.
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