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Sun Jan 29, 2006 1:23 PM GMT

LONDON (Reuters) - An 11-year-old Scottish girl was admitted to hospital last week to be treated for the effects of heroin, local media reported on Sunday.

Scotland's Sunday Mail said the girl, who has not been identified, collapsed in her primary school in Glasgow on Wednesday. She then told doctors she had been smoking the drug for more than two months, the paper said.

A spokeswoman for Strathclyde Police said an investigation was underway but would not give any further details. The newspaper also quoted a spokesman for the city council as saying the story was correct.

"Initially, the teachers thought she had unwittingly taken drugs," the newspaper quoted another source close to the case as saying.

"It turned out she had been using the drug regularly for weeks."

Monday, 30 January 2006, 17:17 GMT

A primary schoolgirl is undergoing heroin withdrawal treatment after admitting to using the drug for two months. But how do you treat a child drug abuser?
The unnamed 11-year-old girl was taken to Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Sick Children after collapsing in her primary school class last Wednesday.

It was thought the girl had fallen asleep in class but hospital staff were stunned when the child admitted she had been "chasing the dragon" (smoking heroin) for two months.

It's understood the girl is undergoing "cold turkey" - that is medically unaided withdrawal - because doctors are concerned she is too young to cope with the drugs normally used to treat heroin problems.

Full reporton the :BBC

Absolutely shocking - 11 years old. Imagine as a parent finding that out. Actually don't.

Beggars belief.This is the age group I teach.I've met some characters in my time,but would be shocked to find a child that smoked let alone took anything else in the class.