Ecstasy. Cocaine. What Really Goes On Behind Today's School Bike Sheds ; As a Drug-Crazed Public School Boy Is Jailed for Murder ...

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Summary

BILLY stares vacantly into space. His eyes are slightly red rimmed, a half-smile hovers at the corners of his mouth.

I've asked this 13-year old boy to describe a character from his favourite book.

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Ecstasy. Cocaine. What Really Goes On Behind Today's School Bike Sheds ; As a Drug-Crazed Public School Boy Is Jailed for Murder ...

But Billy is unable or unwilling to participate in the lesson. Lazily he picks up a pencil and scrawls meaningless doodles across his exercise book.

'Leave him, Miss. He's stoned,' shouts Kim, from the back of the classroom.

'Are you alright, Billy?' I ask, wanting to give him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he isn't stoned. M...