The Government's Drugs Tsar Keith Hallewell has been criticised for not doing enough to keep youngsters away from hard drugs like heroin.

That was the warning from leading anti-drugs campaigners Paul and Jan Betts who have led a high profile campaign against the dangers of Ecstasy, following the death of their teenage daughter Leah.

Their warning came in a reaction to comments made by Oxford-based drugs adviser Paul Skillen.

In a radio interview, Mr Skillen said young potential drug users could have been scared off Ecstasy because of the campaign, seeing it as the most dangerous drug available. An unintended outcome could have been them turning to heroin.

But Paul Betts from Latchingdon said it proved how successful their campaign against Ecstasy had been and he said not enough was being done to target users of other drugs.

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