Smoking Drinking and Drug Use 2009
The end of last week saw the publication of two of the key documents that inform us about drug use by young people in England.
In this post we'll focus on Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2009 is the annual survey of over 7,500 young people across the country giving us a detailed picture of the trends in drug use by 11 to 15 year olds.
As you may have seen the headline figures are that trends are down with fewer young people saying they have taken drugs, drunk alcohol or smoked cigarettes.
The detail behind the trends reminds us that even while drug use is falling there remains no room for complacency, with 40% of pupils unable to recall a drug education lesson in the last year, and 30% of 15 year olds saying they have taken a drug at some point in the last year.
With alcohol I noticed that 25% of young people who drank in the last week consumed more than 15 units, the equivalent of 10 bottles of alcopop.
We've been through the data and have prepared three presentations that we hope you'll find useful.
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This blog tries to pick up relevant media and research stories about drug education. It mainly focuses on information in England as this is the geographical remit for the Drug Education Forum. We welcome comments that are on topic.Categories
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