The latest figures from the Scottish Drug Misuse Data-base show the number of new patients under the age of 15 attending treatment services for drug use has risen from 84 in 2000/01 to 204 in 2003/04.
Mike McCarron, co-ordinator of the Greater Glasgow Drug Action Team, said more resources had been targeted at young people specifically.
www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/publications/04dmss/pdfs/04sdmdfull.pdf.
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