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Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid? 25 May 2007
Simon and Nick Mills
Elizabeth Burton-Phillips' book, Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid?, tells the story of what happened when her twin sons both became heroin addicts.  One of the boys – Simon Mills is now free of drugs, but his twin, Nick, died as a result of his drug use.  Elizabeth and Simon join Ritula to tell their story and talk about what other parents can do to prevent their children from falling victim to drugs.


Book details ‘Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid?' by Elizabeth Burton-Phillips is published by Portrait Books – ISBN 13:978 0 7499 5155 9


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