British National Survey Finds One in Five Secondary School Students Have Tried Drugs in the Past Year
According to a national survey in Britain, a quarter of British secondary school students have drank alcohol in the past week and a fifth have tried drugs in the past year. 10% of the 9000 11-15 year-olds surveyed said that they smoke at least one cigarette each week. The survey shows that drug usage has remained constant in the past five years, despite efforts to fight such abuse, although one government spokesman says that the survey shows decreasing numbers of alcohol users.