Drugs and alcohol campaign ‘should target primary schools’

PRIMARY school pupils should be targeted in a drugs and alcohol awareness and prevention campaign, it was claimed yesterday.

The ISPCC said drink and drugs are a fact of life for children nationwide, with all young people likely to come in contact with drugs at some point throughout their childhood.

The children’s charity is working with teenagers, some as young as 13 years, whose drug and alcohol abuse has had a devastating impact on them and their families.