Friday 3 November 2017

NHS: Teens more likely to take drugs than to smoke

NHS: Teens more likely to take drugs than to smoke Teenagers are now more likely to take drugs including legal highs and ‘hippy crack’ than they are to smoke, official figures show.

Almost a quarter of pupils aged 11 to 15 said they had used drugs compared to just 19 per cent who had smoked.

Drugs included legal highs, illegal substances such as cannabis, crack and cocaine as well as nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, which is also known as hippy crack.

One in ten had used drugs in the past month and boys were slightly more likely to have tried them than girls.

The figures also revealed that the percentage of 11- to 15-year-olds taking drugs has risen sharply in the last two years. The Daily Mail

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