Drugs advice for worried parents

Kevin Williamson, the Scottish Socialist Party's spokesman on drugs, told BBC Radio Scotland that education and information about drugs should come form those who have been directly involved with them.

"The reason children aren't going to their parents to talk about drugs is because the information that has been put out there is very disapproving and judgemental.

"Rather than having parents thinking that if their child is taking drugs, it's a one-way ticket to heroin addiction, we should be telling parents not to panic and to listen to the kids without judging them."

He added: "The best people to be giving out information is people who have used drugs themselves, and people who have dealt with people on drugs - not the Scottish Executive." BBC News