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."