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O'Connor D. (1983) “Glue Sniffing and the Abuse of Solvents by Schoolchildren and Adolescents” in: The Durham and Newcastle Research Review, Vol. X. No. 50, Spring, 65–71.

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For the Act including all amendments as of August, 1983, see Marshall Enid and Gray Rosemary (1983) The Social Work (Scotland) Act, 1968, Edinburgh, W. Green and Co.

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Figures were given in a written answer by the Scottish Health Minister, U.K. Hansard, Vol. 47, No. 39, Col. 359.

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KHALIQ v. H.M. Advocate (1984), S.L.T., 137.

The reporters to the Children's panels in Orkney, Shetland and the Western Islands were in the happy position of being able to report no cases of solvent abuse.

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Stybel L. Allen P. and Lewis F. (1976) “Deliberate Hydrocarbon Inhalation among low Socio-economic Adolescents not necessarily apprehended by the police”, in: The International Journal of the Addictions, 11 (2), 345–361.

O'Connor Denis (1981) “The Glue-Sniffing Craze: Researching facts from Case Studies”, in: Social Work Service Magazine, no. 27, 5010.

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O'Connor , op. cit. (29), 15.

Named after Paton v. H.M. Advocate, 1936, S.L.T. 298, which is discussed in Hendry Ross , “When Selling Glue becomes a Crime” (1983), in: Police Review, 16 September, 1744.

The Times, 5 May 1984.

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STRATHCLYDE REGIONAL COUNCIL (April 1982) “Solvent Abuse: A Corporate Approach”, outlines one sophisticated model for this type of approach.

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