Drug prevention service to close despite reports of 14-year olds using heroin

A constant 'battle' for funding has led to the closure of a 30-year old award-winning national drug prevention and advisory service - at a time when its founder says that teenagers as young as 14 are taking heroin.

By Louise Walsh

A constant "battle" for funding has led to the closure of a 30-year old award-winning national drug prevention and advisory service, at a time when its founder says that teenagers as young as 14 are using heroin.