THE number of young people using drugs has shot up by 50 per cent since lockdown ended. Figures show that a third of those aged 16 to 25, about 2.6million, admitted taking an illegal drug in the pa…
drug use was up from 11 to 17 per cent and the number taking drugs once a week rose from 16 to 23 per cent.Charity The Mix polled 2,000 young people. Deputy chief executive Zoe Bailie said: “The spike we have seen is extremely worrying and also preventable.
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