Source: Safe spaces needed for drug-addicted children, say grieving mums – BBC News
Three women whose teenage sons died after becoming addicted to drugs have told the BBC the system failed their children.
Anita Morris, Nicola Howarth and Kate Roux spoke to the BBC as part of a wide-ranging investigation into the failings of drug treatment for young people.
It found significant disparities in community care and a lack of state-funded residential facilities for under-18s.
Analysis shows more than half of the 16,000 children in drug and alcohol treatment in the past year were 15 or younger.
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