11YR OLDS ON HEROIN.Byline: STEPHEN WHITE CHILDREN as young as 11 are being treated for heroin addiction, it was revealed yesterday. Drug addiction drug addiction or chemical dependency Physical and/or psychological dependency on a psychoactive (mind-altering) substance (e.g., alcohol, narcotics, nicotine), defined as continued use despite knowing that the substance causes harm. team co-ordinator David Cliff said: "It is shocking." It is believed that a handful of children in the North East are receiving help for heroin abuse. Mr Cliff, of the Durham and Darlington Drug Addiction Team, said: "What is more frightening is they have already gone through the experimental stage, addiction and detox de·tox v. To subject to detoxification. n. A section of a hospital or clinic in which patients are detoxified. . "They are likely to have been considerably younger when they were first introduced to drugs." Less than a year ago a Government report said that no one under 12 had been recorded as dependent on heroin. But junior drug kits of heroin, pipe and tin foil tin·foil also tin foil n. A thin, pliable sheet of aluminum or of tin-lead alloy, used as a protective wrapping. Noun 1. are being sold on the region's streets. And figures show that more youngsters died from drug abuse in the North East than in road accidents from January 1999 to August. Northumbria Police Northumbria Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing the areas of Northumberland and Tyne and Wear in England. The service is the sixth largest police constabulary in England or Wales. As of April 2005, the current Chief Constable is Mike Craik. Assistant Chief Constable Assistant Chief Constable (ACC) is the third highest rank in all British territorial police forces (except the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police, in which the equivalent rank is Commander), as well as the British Transport Police and Ministry of Defence Police. Tony Crimmens said: "The amount of heroin available in the region is far more than we expected. "The resulting deaths, particularly among younger people, is of great concern." Parents on the Roseworth estate in Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, have asked Drug Czar The term Drug Czar is an informal title that can mean: United States Between 1973 and 1988, several ad hoc executive positions were established that the press termed "Drug Czar". Keith Hellawell to give them extra cash to fight the dealers. Figures from local police show two to three per cent of 11 to 12-year-olds have tried drugs at least once. Eighty per cent of 16 year olds have been where drugs are available or offered them. |
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