10-year-olds on E

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<H1>Ecstasy moves out of the nightclubs and into the hands of 10-year-olds
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<H2>The drug that epitomised the acid house scene of the late 1980s is now being taken 20 at a time by children to relieve the boredom and trauma of their everyday lives. Sophie Goodchild, and Andrew Johnson reveal the trend </H2>
<H4>Published:11 September 2005 </H4>
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They are known on the street as "sweeties" and that is what ecstasy pills have almost literally become for a new breed of user.


Disturbing research among pupils excluded from school has revealed that children as young as 10 are buying them with pocket money.


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<H1>Revealed: children of 10 hooked on ecstasy
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<H3>By Sophie Goodchild, Home Affairs Correspondent </H3>
<H4>Published:11 September 2005 </H4>
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Children as young as 10 are becoming hooked on 50p-a-pill ecstasy tablets in a disturbing new trend fuelled by rock-bottom prices.


Drug action teams are reporting that the drug, once favoured by clubbers, is now so cheap that schoolchildren are bingeing on as many as 20 pills at a time.</DIV></DIV>


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