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UK: Putting The Record Straight Editorial The News and Star, Cumbria Thursday 25 Sep 2003 LEADER A FREE helpline for parents whose children are using drugs or alcohol, and for the youngsters themselves, is long overdue. Over recent years a whole series of misconceptions about drug use have fallen by the wayside. Some liked to think that drug addiction only happened in 'poor' families. It occurs right across the social spectrum. Others thought it was unlikely to ever be significant in leafy Cumbria. But drugs are in our villages and market towns as well as cities. Recent figures show that around 5,500 children in Cumbria have tried drugs. The majority dabble with soft drugs such as cannabis but worryingly cocaine is making inroads into the county. Perhaps one more misconception needs to be challenged. That is the acceptance that while drugs are a danger, alcohol is harmless. As many experts argue, alcohol misuse is by far the biggest drug problem in the UK. Its use by children only serves to make them vulnerable to risk taking behaviour, such as with other drugs and sex. Parents and children need an accessible source of factual information and advice which is both confidential and non judgemental.
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