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Parents from south Asian communities whose children misuse drugs are more likely to send them back to their country of origin than to obtain treatment in the UK, according to research from a London primary care trust.

Hounslow primary care trust in west London found that some parents paid for private treatment or enforced their own home detox for fear of stigmatising their families.

Harpreet Rai, manager at Hounslow PCT, said parents' unwillingness to acknowledge drug misuse in their communities remained one of the major barriers to obtaining services.