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Drug strategy to focus on children

By Simon Israel

Updated on 27 February 2008

The government's ten-year drugs strategy says there will be more emphasis on children growing up in drug-taking environments.

It also says arrangements will be made with foreign governments to reduce trafficking.

The most controversial measure, criticised by the Conservatives and civil liberties groups, is a plan to confiscate suspected dealers' possessions when they're arrested, with these later returned if they're found to be innocent.

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