Policing Minister Chris Philp hosts a roundtable in Downing Street with senior policing figures and UK's biggest retailers to set out a joint plan of action to tackle the rise in shoplifting and to catch more prolific offenders, in London, Britain October 23, 2023.
"For too long the use of this drug in public spaces has contributed to anti-social behaviour which is a blight on communities.
We will not accept it," Britain's policing minister Chris Philp said in a statement.
In September, interior minister Suella Braverman said people were "fed up" with the use of drugs in public spaces, with discarded gas canisters being littered across Britain's streets.
Under the ban, nitrous oxide will be prescribed as a "Class C" drug and classified in "the least harmful" category of drugs under Britain's laws alongside anabolic steroids, benzodiazepines and growth hormones.
Persons:
Chris Philp, Aaron Chown, Suella Braverman, Farouq Suleiman, Michael Holden
Organizations:
Thomson
Locations:
London, Britain