Alarm As Scale Of Teenage Drug Use Revealed
One in 10 Scottish 15-year-olds regularly uses cannabis, an official survey of teenagers nationwide reveals today.
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One in 10 Scottish 15-year-olds regularly uses cannabis, an official survey of teenagers nationwide reveals today.
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Read MoreThe parents of a teenager with Down’s syndrome accused of a racist assault have called for changes in how the law deals with people with special needs.
Jamie Bauld, 19, who has a mental age of five, was told he could be charged with assaulting an Asian pupil at Motherwell College last September.
Fiona and Jim Bauld said that although the matter had now been dropped, the case should never have gone that far.
The Crown Office has apologised for any distress caused to the family.
The Baulds, from Cumbernauld, said they were first made aware of the incident on 4 September when someone from the college called to say Jamie had pushed another pupil, but the matter had been resolved and it was nothing to worry about.
But a few weeks later they received another call saying the police had become involved and an advert had been placed in the local newspaper calling for witnesses to a “racist assault” at the college.
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