Pubdate: Mon, 06 Feb 2006
Source: Mirror, The (UK)
Copyright: 2006 The Mirror
Contact:  http://www.mirror.co.uk/
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30,000 KID DRUGGIES ON HEROIN

ABOUT 30,000 children are hooked on heroin in Britain,  a Government 
study reveals.

It shows that the number of under-15s using the drug is  much higher 
than previously thought.

The figures come a week after an 11-year-old Glasgow  girl collapsed 
at her primary school desk after smoking  heroin.

And in Scotland, police arrested 70 children for  dealing drugs last year.

One per cent of all kids used heroin at least once  since 2000, 
according to the Government survey.

Addiction expert Dr Paul Skett, of Glasgow University,  said: "Heroin 
affects the brain which means children  won't develop properly."

Gaille McCann, of Mothers Against Drugs, said: "The  Government needs 
to act quickly."
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