sound recording-nonmusical sound 1982 1982 Feature on heroin addiction in Glasgow, inc. ints. with doctors, addicts & police officer. Reporters: Pattie Coldwell & Mike Russell. A programme in the series NETWORK U.K. Russell: 500% increase in drug addiction in Glasgow in past year. Ditton: addicts often teenagers. Supplement their income through crime Rodgers: no. of arrests increasing. Following pattern in US. Ditton: Addicts can carry on nor mal life in early stages of dependency. New hazards nowadays: infected needles , adultered drugs. Addicts becoming younger all the time. (4'45") addicts int. Coldwell: describe how they got hooked, the role of the pusher. Ditton: solut ion lies either in more policemen, more money to cope with victims, or free pr escriptions of pure heroin . Rodgers: more policemen would not necessarily solv e problem. Antibi: Majority of addicts expect him to prescribe heroin for them . Their reasons for giving up are varied. No simple solution to the problem. R odgers: voluntary agencies may be the answer. TXN/TDT:ES 05-Mar-1982 CON: Taking Part : Dr. Jason Ditton; Det. Supt. Charles Rodgers Dr. Raymond Antibi COLDWELL Pattie (spkr) RUSSELL Mike (spkr) DITTON Jason (spkr) RODGERS Charles (spkr) ANTIBI Raymond (spkr)

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