Friday 04 December 2020
Cannabis use among Irish secondary school
students is higher than the EU average. 19% of students surveyed had used it at
least once while 9% reported use in the past month.
New figures from the EU Drugs Agency show that on average, 1 in 5 Irish school
students reported having used an illicit drug at least once in their life.
The figure for the rest of the EU is slightly lower at 1 in 6.
Grace Bolton of the European Commission office in Ireland says strategies are
being worked on to reduce the level of drug consumption by students.
Interviewee: Grace Bolton | Clip duration: 0 minutes 17 seconds | Outwords: more targeted policies