Newsbrief: Taking crime out of drug-taking

Thursday 02 June 1994 19:02 EDT

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A new scheme has been launched to help addicts who steal for drugs to kick their habit. The Cranstoun Project is to open a pounds 100,000 day centre in Merton, south-west London, in October, to treat up to 300 addicts a year. More than one-third of offenders on probation in Merton, Kingston, Richmond and Sutton are drug users.

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