Irish youth top EU’s drug user list

THERE has been a huge increase in the number of young Irish people taking illegal drugs in the past two years, according to an EU survey.

Irish youngsters are the highest users of drugs other than cannabis in the EU 15 while there has been a 50% increase of those who said they tried cannabis during the previous four weeks.

The Gallup survey of attitudes and drug taking among the 15 to 24-year-olds in Europe shows how the drug business has expanded in Ireland during the past two years.