Mother finds heroin kit in the street while taking her son on the school run
A 'one hit kit' used to inject heroin was found in south Staffordshire when a horrified mother's three-year-old went to pick it up.
Sally-Anne Morgan, who lives in Penkridge, spotted the unopened packet at the end of Elm Walk on the Grange Estate.
It came to her attention when her son, aged three, saw it on the floor in the middle of the path and went to pick it up at around 8.05 on Friday morning.
The packet includes a 1mm filter syringe, a spoon, citric sachet and a swab.
There were two kits – one on the pathway and another on the grass – but she said it had been cleared up the South Staffordshire Council Street Team by noon that day.
Mrs Morgan, said: "There's always been a lot of anti-social behaviour around there but I've never seen anything like it before.
"You see beer bottles and empty cans but nothing like this.
"My little boy, who is three, went to pick the packet up. I turned it over and realised what it was.
"I know it happens everywhere but it shouldn't be thrown in the middle of a path where kids or dogs would be."
"It's quite concerning and makes you think whether something like this is happening regularly."
The mother-of-two contacted Staffordshire Police and Environmental Health.
She shared the images on community Facebook page Penkridge Matters warning people in the village to be careful if in the area with children or dogs.
One hit kits can be bought online and are described as a "positive factor in facilitating safer injecting practices by drug users."
The aim is to get users to change their injecting practises tto reduce the re-use and sharing of equipment.
Councillor Victor Kelly, of Penkridge, said he would be speaking to Staffordshire Police about the incident.
He said: "There is not a bad drugs issue within Penkridge because I'm on the police forum.
"We don't condone any sort of drugs being sold, taken or even distributed out.
"The kit could have been dropped by a patient on their way back from the doctor.
"I will be speaking to the chief superintendent of Staffordshire Police and we'll go from there."
Staffordshire Police were unavailable for comment.
