editorial comment well, if that's a problem, they should look at the DEA website or the DARE materials. That's what paraphernalia calls real knowledge :)

Tories yesterday claimed an Executive-sponsored drugs website encouraged kids to break the law.

Tory justice spokeswoman Annabel Goldie accused the Executive of using the Know the Score website to 'aid and abet' children to hide drugs from parents and police.

The site's listing for solvent abuse shows a crisp bag being used for glue-sniffing.

And the ecstasy listing shows tablets being hidden in an ordinary cigarette lighter.

Goldie said: 'It is bad enough that there is a website that teaches our children how to take drugs and it is disturbing that it shows them how to conceal Class A drugs.

'Perhaps it should be renamed How to Score.'

She claimed the Executive were completely failing in their duty by 'aiding and abetting our children in breaking the law'.

She called for the site to be scrapped.

But Justice Minister Cathy Jamieson dismissed the Tories' claims as 'complete nonsense'.

Jamieson said the site gave clear, factual information on the dangers of drugs for young people, parents and teachers.

She said the Executive were 'committed to enforcement, education and prevention'.

The website is backed by senior cops and the Scottish Drugs Enforcement Agency.

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