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Youngsters Having Treatment for Drug Abuse Up By a Fifth

Health & Wellness (tags: children, abuse, drugs, treatment, anti-social, crime, cannabis, cocaine, Health )

Sky Bird
- 756 days ago - dailymail.co.uk

The number of children between nine and 15 sent for drug treatment shot up by a fifth last year, according to official figures.More than 9,000 were sent on courses to try to curb the drug abuse that led them into crime and anti-social behaviour.

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Sky Bird C. (328)

Sunday November 18, 2007, 9:36 pm
This was also mentioned in the article:

"Campaigners against drugs warned that the assumption among many adults that taking drugs is harmless has contributed to their growing use by children.

Mary Brett, of Europe Against Drugs, said: "This is what happens when the common attitude to drugs is that taking them is normal. "

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